Peake High School Explained

Peake High School
Location:1600 Caddo St., Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Coordinates:34.1214°N -93.0675°W
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:January 19, 2005
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:04001499

The Peake High School is a historic school building at 1600 Caddo Street in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. This H-shaped single-story brick building was built in 1929 with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund on land given by J. Ed Peake, a school principal for whom the school was named. The building was used as a high school for African Americans until 1960, when a new building was constructed adjacent to this one, which was converted to an elementary school. The city's public schools were integrated in 1969. The school housed the city's Head Start Program from 1984 to 2001. It is the only surviving Rosenwald school in the county.[1] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Peake High School. Arkansas Preservation. 2014-09-07.