Horace Mann School Historic District

Horace Mann School Historic District
Location City Hall Circle, Norfork, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°12′19″N 92°17′2″W / 36.20528°N 92.28389°W / 36.20528; -92.28389Coordinates: 36°12′19″N 92°17′2″W / 36.20528°N 92.28389°W / 36.20528; -92.28389
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1936 (1936)
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
MPS New Deal Recovery Efforts in Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 06001311[1]
Added to NRHP January 29, 2007

The Horace Mann School Historic District of Norfork, Arkansas encompasses a complex of four Depression-era school buildings near the center of the community. It includes a main school building, built with Works Progress Administration (WPA) funding in 1936, a home economics building and a vocational educational building, both built in 1937 by the National Youth Administration, and the auditorium/gymnasium, built in 1940 with WPA funds. All are single-story Craftsman-style buildings, although the gymnasium presents more stories because of a partially exposed basement. The complex was used as a school until the mid-1980s, and is now owned by the city, which uses the buildings for a variety of purposes. It is a well-preserved and remarkably complete Depression-era school complex.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[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 Horace Mann School Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
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