Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium
National Register of Historic Places

Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium

Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas
Listed
September 22, 2011
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
11000686

About this property

The Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium is a historic academic athletic building at 767 Layne Street in Okolona, Arkansas. It is the only surviving building of a school campus built c. 1950 to provide schooling to local African-American students. The building is a large rectangular structure with no significant stylistic elements. Its walls are primarily corrugated metal, although a portion of the front and sides near the front are composed of clay tile blocks. The campus it was a part of began in 1928 with a modest two-room school building constructed with supported from the Rosenwald Fund, and grew over the years to include vocational and home economics facilities, in addition to a cafeteria and additional classrooms. The gymnasium was designed to serve as a multi-function athletic facility and meeting space for the local African-American community. The Okolona schools were consolidated with those of neighboring Simmons, and all of the other buildings of this campus were demolished in the 1970s and 1980s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Location

767 Layne St.
Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas
33.99601, -93.34043

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

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When was Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium listed on the National Register?

Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 2011.

What type of historic resource is Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium?

Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1950.

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