St. Paul School Building

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St. Paul School Building
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Location200 W 4th St., St. Paul, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°49′29″N93°45′59″W / 35.82472°N 93.76639°W / 35.82472; -93.76639 Coordinates: 35°49′29″N93°45′59″W / 35.82472°N 93.76639°W / 35.82472; -93.76639
Arealess than one acre
Built1939 (1939)
Built by Works Progress Administration
ArchitectShelton, T. Ewing
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 06000416 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 24, 2006

The St. Paul School Building is a historic school building at 200 West 4th Street in St. Paul, Arkansas. It is a single-story masonry structure, built out of local sandstone. It has gable-on-hip roof, with a shed-roof addition to the rear. To small triangular louvered dormers flank the projecting entry porch. The school was built in 1940 with funding from the Works Progress Administration, and serves as a community meeting place as well as school. [2]

The building was listed on then National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [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 St. Paul School Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-18.