Dallas County Training School High School Building Explained

Dallas County Training School High School Building
Location:934 Center St., Fordyce, Arkansas
Coordinates:33.8169°N -92.4019°W
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:January 21, 2004
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:03001455

The Dallas County Training School High School Building is a historic school building at 934 Center Street in Fordyce, Arkansas. Built in 1934 with funding from the Rosenwald Fund, it was the only high school serving African Americans in a four-county region of southern Arkansas until 1940. Its original block is a rectangular brick structure with a gable-on-hip roof; a flat-roof addition was made to the rear in 1954. The building house grades 6-12 of African Americans until 1970, when the city's schools were integrated. At that time it became an elementary school, and was finally closed in 2001.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Dallas County Training School High School Building . Arkansas Preservation . 2014-07-04 .