National Register of Historic Places

El Dorado Junior College Building

El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas
Listed
September 12, 1978
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
78000633

About this property

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. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is now part of the South Arkansas Community College campus.

Location

300 S. West Ave.
El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas
33.20945, -92.66640

Categories

EDUCATIONARCHITECTUREPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Questions about this property

When was El Dorado Junior College Building listed on the National Register?

El Dorado Junior College Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1978.

What type of historic resource is El Dorado Junior College Building?

El Dorado Junior College Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for El Dorado Junior College Building?

The period of significance for El Dorado Junior College Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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