Carver Gymnasium
Appearance
Carver Gymnasium | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | 400 Ferguson St. Lonoke, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°46′57″N 91°53′46″W / 34.78250°N 91.89611°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1957 |
Architectural style | one story gable end |
NRHP reference No. | 09000741[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 23, 2009 |
The Carver Gymnasium is a historic school building at 400 Ferguson Street in Lonoke, Arkansas.
Description and history
[edit]The Carver Gymnasium is a vernacular single-story structure, built out of concrete blocks and capped by a gabled metal roof. The gable ends are clad in metal siding, and there are irregularly spaced awning windows on the walls.[2] It was built in 1957 for the Carver School, the segregated facility serving Lonoke's African-American students, and is its last surviving building. After the city's schools were integrated in 1970, the school complex served as its junior high school, and was vacated by the school system in 2005.[3]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "WWU Carver Gym Materials". Western Washington University. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Carver Gymnasium". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1957
- Buildings and structures in Lonoke, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Lonoke County, Arkansas
- Historically segregated African-American schools in Arkansas
- Central Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs