Solomon Grove Smith–Hughes Building | |
Location: | S of Co. Rd. 29, Twin Groves, Arkansas |
Coordinates: | 35.3206°N -92.4333°W |
Builder: | Silas Owens Sr. |
Added: | December 9, 1994 |
Mpsub: | Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS |
Refnum: | 94001461 |
The Solomon Grove Smith–Hughes Building is a historic community building on Solomon Grove Road in Twin Groves, Arkansas. It is a single-story stone structure, built out of locally quarried stone and covered by a gable-on-hip roof. It was built in 1938 with funding support form the Works Progress Administration, and first served as a school. It was built by the African-American mason Silas Owens Sr. on land he sold to the city in 1937.[1] It now houses a library.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.