Orr School

Orr School
Location 831 Laurel St., Texarkana, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°25′48″N 94°2′31″W / 33.43000°N 94.04194°W / 33.43000; -94.04194Coordinates: 33°25′48″N 94°2′31″W / 33.43000°N 94.04194°W / 33.43000; -94.04194
Area less than one acre
Built 1880 (1880)
NRHP Reference # 76000434[1]
Added to NRHP July 30, 1976

The Orr School is a historic school building at 831 Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a single story wood frame structure, with a hip roof that has exposed rafters. It is clad in white shiplap siding. The interior has a long, narrow hallway dividing classrooms on either side. The school was built c. 1880, and is the only surviving building in Texarkana associated with the life of the noted African-American composer Scott Joplin (1868-1917), the "father of American Ragtime". The building was originally two stories in height, but was reduced to one in 1920, when then hip roof and some of its Craftsman-style window treatment was added. It was purchased from the city by the City Federation of Women's Clubs in 1958.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Orr School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


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