Griffithville School

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Griffithville School
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Location AR 11 W of jct. with AR 385, Griffithville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°7′14″N91°38′54″W / 35.12056°N 91.64833°W / 35.12056; -91.64833 Coordinates: 35°7′14″N91°38′54″W / 35.12056°N 91.64833°W / 35.12056; -91.64833
Arealess than one acre
Built1939 (1939)
Built by Works Progress Administration
Architectural style Bungalow/American craftsman
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001357 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 13, 1992

The Griffithville School was a historic school building, located on the south side of Arkansas Highway 11 on the west side of Griffithville, Arkansas. Built in 1939, it was the community's only school, and was a fine example of a Craftsman-style school built with Works Progress Administration funding. It was a rectangular frame structure, finished in brick veneer and capped by a gable-on-hip roof with exposed rafter ends in the eaves. Entrances were sheltered by gable-roofed porches supported by brick piers. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database. [3]

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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 Griffithville School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  3. "Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-26.