New Liberty School (Liberty, Arkansas)

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New Liberty School
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LocationS side of AR 22, Liberty, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°16′53″N93°21′43″W / 35.28139°N 93.36194°W / 35.28139; -93.36194 Coordinates: 35°16′53″N93°21′43″W / 35.28139°N 93.36194°W / 35.28139; -93.36194
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Plain Traditional
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001220 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1992

The New Liberty School is a historic school building in rural Logan County, Arkansas. It is located east of New Blaine, on the south side of Arkansas Highway 22 east of the New Liberty Church. It is a single-story masonry structure, built of coursed stone and covered by a metal hip roof. Its front entrance is sheltered by a gabled portico supported by simple square posts set on brick piers. It was built in 1922, and is a well-preserved example of an early 20th-century school, built before Arkansas instituted significant reforms in school building standards. [2]

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

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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 New Liberty School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-16.