Coats School

Coats School
Nearest city Maysville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°21′8″N 94°34′4″W / 36.35222°N 94.56778°W / 36.35222; -94.56778Coordinates: 36°21′8″N 94°34′4″W / 36.35222°N 94.56778°W / 36.35222; -94.56778
Area less than one acre
Built 1905 (1905)
MPS Benton County MRA
NRHP Reference # 87002370[1]
Added to NRHP January 28, 1988

The Coats School is a historic one-room schoolhouse in rural Benton County, Arkansas. It is located near the end of Coats Road (County Road 391), near Spavinaw Creek, south of Maysville. It is built of ashlar cut stone, with rusticated stone at the corners. It has a gable roof of tin, with a central chimney. Built c. 1905, it is a rare example of high-quality stone work in a vernacular building of modest proportions.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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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 Coats School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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