El Dorado Junior College Building

El Dorado Junior College Building
Location 300 S. West Ave., El Dorado, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°12′34″N 92°39′58″W / 33.20944°N 92.66611°W / 33.20944; -92.66611Coordinates: 33°12′34″N 92°39′58″W / 33.20944°N 92.66611°W / 33.20944; -92.66611
Area less than one acre
Built 1905 (1905)
Architectural style Classical Revival, Art Deco
NRHP reference # 78000633[1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1978

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]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[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 El Dorado Junior College Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2014-04-26.


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