Wortham Gymnasium Explained

Wortham Gymnasium
Location:AR 200, Oak Grove, Nevada County, Arkansas
Coordinates:33.5986°N -93.2386°W
Architect:Works Progress Administration
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:April 19, 1990
Delisted:September 29, 2015
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:90000667

The Wortham Gymnasium was a historic athletic facility on Arkansas Highway 200 in Oak Grove, a rural community in Nevada County east of Rosston. Built in 1935 by a Works Progress Administration crew, this large gymnasium was the only surviving remnant of a major push in the 1920s and 1930s to improve the education of African Americans in Oak Grove. It was a single-story wood-frame structure with a gable roof, with a shed-roofed vestibule area on the main (southern) facade. At the time of its construction, it was the largest gymnasium in the state.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was removed from the National Register in 2015.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Wortham Gymnasium. Arkansas Preservation. 2014-08-03.