Parks School

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Parks School
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Location AR 28, Parks, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°48′11″N93°57′34″W / 34.80306°N 93.95944°W / 34.80306; -93.95944 Coordinates: 34°48′11″N93°57′34″W / 34.80306°N 93.95944°W / 34.80306; -93.95944
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1940 (1940)
Built by Works Progress Administration
Architectural style WPA
NRHP reference # 02000602 [1]
Added to NRHP June 6, 2002

The Parks School is a historic former school building just north of Arkansas Highway 28 in the center of Parks, Arkansas. It is a single-story fieldstone structure, with a gable-on-hip roof, and several small gabled dormers on the long (south-facing) front facade. Two entrances are set in round-arch openings with keystones. The building has retained most of its original windows, doors, and other original hardware. It was built in 1940 with funding from the Works Progress Administration, and served as a school into the 1960s. It is now a local senior center. [2]

Arkansas Highway 28 highway in Arkansas

Highway 28 is an east–west highway of 108 miles (174 km) in Arkansas running from OK 128 and the Oklahoma state line east to Dardanelle.

Parks, Arkansas Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States

Parks is an unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas, United States. Parks is located on Arkansas Highway 28, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Waldron. Parks has a post office with ZIP code 72950.

Fieldstone

Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally. Collections of fieldstones which have been removed from arable land or pasture to allow for more effective agriculture are called clearance cairns.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Scott County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Scott County, Arkansas.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Parks School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-09.