Portia School

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Portia School
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LocationCity Park, Portia, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°5′5″N91°4′15″W / 36.08472°N 91.07083°W / 36.08472; -91.07083
Arealess than one acre
Built1914 (1914)
NRHP reference No. 78000604 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 13, 1978

The Portia School is a historic school building at City Park in Portia, Arkansas. The two-story red brick structure was built in 1914, and was the small town's only school until 1948. It is by far the most architecturally significant early 20th-century building in the community. The building is five bays wide, with each pair of bays flanking the central one stepped back, giving it a rough cross shape. The entrance is housed in the central bay, with a gabled pediment at the roof line. The main roof is hipped, with brackets in the eaves and a cupola at the center. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [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 Portia School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-24.