Ravenden Springs School

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Ravenden Springs School
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Locationend of Ash Street, Ravenden Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°18′52″N91°13′26″W / 36.31444°N 91.22389°W / 36.31444; -91.22389 Coordinates: 36°18′52″N91°13′26″W / 36.31444°N 91.22389°W / 36.31444; -91.22389
Arealess than one acre
Built1941 (1941)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 03001379 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 14, 2004

The Ravenden Springs School is a historic school building on Ash and Wells Streets in Ravenden Springs, Arkansas. It is a large single-story fieldstone structure with a hip roof, built in 1941. It has Craftsman styling, notable in its front porch, and grouping of windows on the sides. The building was used as a school until 1974, and went through a number of ownership changes before its reacquisition by the town in 1990. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, [1] at which time it was being adapted to house town offices. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Ravenden Springs School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-06.