Rosenwald School (Delight, Arkansas)
Appearance
Rosenwald School | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Nearest city | Delight, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°2′13″N 93°27′17″W / 34.03694°N 93.45472°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1938 |
Built by | Works Progress Administration |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 90001381[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 17, 1990 |
Rosenwald School is a Rosenwald school on Arkansas Highway 26 in Delight, Arkansas. The school, a single-story wood-frame structure with a gable roof, was built in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration. Philanthropist Julius Rosenwald sponsored the Rosenwald schools to provide education for African-Americans in rural communities; the Julius Rosenwald Fund helped build 389 schools in Arkansas, including the one in Delight. The school closed in the 1970s, when many of the Rosenwald schools closed due to desegregation.[2] It is now used as a local community center.[3]
The Rosenwald School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Rosenwald School, Delight, Pike County". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Rosenwald School". Arkansas PReservation. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
Categories:
- School buildings completed in 1938
- Schools in Pike County, Arkansas
- Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas
- Rosenwald schools in Arkansas
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Works Progress Administration in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Arkansas
- Former school buildings in the United States
- Historically segregated African-American schools in Arkansas
- 1938 establishments in Arkansas
- Community centers in Arkansas
- Southwest Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs