Mountain View School (Russellville, Arkansas)

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Mountain View School
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Location AR 326, Russellville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°16′32″N93°10′13″W / 35.27556°N 93.17028°W / 35.27556; -93.17028 Coordinates: 35°16′32″N93°10′13″W / 35.27556°N 93.17028°W / 35.27556; -93.17028
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001207 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1992

The former Mountain View School, now the Russellville Fire Station No. 2, is a historic school building at 109 Hilltop Drive (Arkansas Highway 326) in Russellville, Arkansas. It is a single story masonry structure, built out of fieldstone and covered by a hip roof. Its entrance are sheltered under a project gable-roofed porch with square columns set on stone piers. The school was built in 1926, during a period of significant growth in the city's history. [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 Mountain View School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-25.