Garland Elementary School | |
Location | 3615 W. 25th St., Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°43′43″N92°18′52″W / 34.72861°N 92.31444°W Coordinates: 34°43′43″N92°18′52″W / 34.72861°N 92.31444°W |
Area | 2.9 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | 1924 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival; Collegiate Gothic |
NRHP reference # | 100003015 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 16, 2018 |
The Garland Elementary School is a historic former school building at 3615 West 25th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a square two-story masonry structure, finished in red brick with stone trim. Some of its original Gothic entrances have been obscured by later additions. The school was built in 1924, with additions in 1938 and 1954, and was originally built to serve the local white student population. It was named for Augustus H. Garland, a local politician. The school was fully integrated in 1973, and closed in 2001. [2]
Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As the county seat of Pulaski County, the city was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center. The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river, named the "Little Rock" by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in the 1720s. The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The city's population was 198,541 in 2016 according to the United States Census Bureau. The six-county Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is ranked 78th in terms of population in the United States with 738,344 residents according to the 2017 estimate by the United States Census Bureau.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [1]
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