| Orr School | |
| Location: | 831 Laurel St., Texarkana, Arkansas |
| Coordinates: | 33.43°N -94.0419°W |
| Added: | July 30, 1976 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 76000434 |
The Orr School is a historic school building at 831 Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a single story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof that has exposed rafters. It is clad in white shiplap siding. The interior has a long, narrow hallway dividing classrooms on either side. The school was built c. 1880, and is the only surviving building in Texarkana associated with the life of the noted African-American composer Scott Joplin (1868-1917), the "father of American Ragtime".[1] The building was originally two stories in height, but was reduced to one in 1920, when then hip roof and some of its Craftsman-style window treatment was added. It was purchased from the city by the City Federation of Women's Clubs in 1958.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.