Plumerville School Building

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Plumerville School Building
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LocationArnold St.
Plumerville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°9′30″N92°38′3″W / 35.15833°N 92.63417°W / 35.15833; -92.63417 Coordinates: 35°9′30″N92°38′3″W / 35.15833°N 92.63417°W / 35.15833; -92.63417
Arealess than one acre
Built by Works Progress Administration
Architectural styleLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Plain Traditional
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001193 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1992

The Plumerville School Building is a historic school building on Arnold Street in Plumerville, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, finished with local fieldstone and covered by a gable roof. Gabled entry pavilions project from the front, supported by stone posts. It is believed that this structure was built for an African-American church congregation about 1925, with a wooden exterior, and was finished in stone during the 1930s by a Works Progress Administration crew. [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. Kenneth Story (July 16, 1992). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Plumerville School Building / CN0148. National Archives. Retrieved February 12, 2021. With two photos from 1990. (Downloading may be slow. )