Holly Grove School (Stevens Creek, Arkansas)

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Holly Grove School
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Location in United States
Nearest city Stevens Creek, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°22′41″N91°37′20″W / 35.37806°N 91.62222°W / 35.37806; -91.62222 Coordinates: 35°22′41″N91°37′20″W / 35.37806°N 91.62222°W / 35.37806; -91.62222
Arealess than one acre
Built1939 (1939)
Built by Works Progress Administration
Architectural styleWPA Craftsman architecture
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001309 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 13, 1992

The Holly Grove School was a historic school building in rural White County, Arkansas. It was located northwest of Bald Knob, north of the junction of Stanley and Honeysuckle Roads. It was a single story Craftsman-style structure, fashioned out of local fieldstone and brick in 1939 by a crew of the National Youth Administration, a Depression-era jobs program. It was one of the better examples of NYA construction. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It was destroyed by fire in 2014.

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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 Holly Grove School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-13.