Eros School Building

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Eros School Building
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Location Eros, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°10′58″N92°51′0″W / 36.18278°N 92.85000°W / 36.18278; -92.85000 Coordinates: 36°10′58″N92°51′0″W / 36.18278°N 92.85000°W / 36.18278; -92.85000
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Plain Traditional
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001110 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1992

The Eros School Building is a historic school building in the small rural community of Eros, Arkansas, at the junction of Arkansas Highway 125 and Marion County Road 4018. It is a single-story Plain Tradition stone structure, with a Craftsman-style side-gable roof with exposed rafter tails. A gable-topped porch projects from the main (west-facing), supported by slender columns on a concrete base. The porch pediment, like those on the sides, is stuccoed. The school was built in 1935 as part of a Depression-era jobs program. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Eros School Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-11.