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.[2]

Peake High School
Peake High School is located in Arkansas
Peake High School
Location in Arkansas
Peake High School is located in the United States
Peake High School
Location in United States
Location1600 Caddo St., Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Coordinates34°7′17″N 93°4′3″W / 34.12139°N 93.06750°W / 34.12139; -93.06750
Arealess than one acre
Built1928 (1928)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.04001499[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 2005
Another view, showing the side of the building

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Peake High School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-07.