The El Dorado Junior College Building is a historic academic building at 300 South West Avenue in El Dorado, Arkansas. The three-story brick building was built in 1905 as a public school building for the county's white students. From 1925 to 1937 the building house El Dorado Junior College, the first such institution in southwestern Arkansas; it has seen a variety of public and private academic uses since then. The building is shaped roughly like a swastika, and has retained most of its external and internal Classical Revival style.[2]
El Dorado Junior College Building | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 300 S. West Ave., El Dorado, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°12′34″N 92°39′58″W / 33.20944°N 92.66611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1905 |
| Built by | J.F. Hanson Works Progress Administration |
| Architect | John B. Abbott |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000633[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 13, 1978 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is now part of the South Arkansas Community College campus.
See also
edit- W. F. & Estelle McWilliams House: Also on the SouthArk campus
- South Arkansas Arboretum: operated by SouthArk
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, Arkansas
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#78000633)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for El Dorado Junior College Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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