The Domestic Science Building is a historic school building at 11th and Haddock in

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. It was on the old campus of

Arkadelphia High School Arkadelphia High School is a comprehensive public junior/senior high school serving grades nine through twelve in the rural, fringe community of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, United States. Located in Clark County, Arkadelphia High School is the larges ...

, used for

domestic science Home economics, also called domestic science or family and consumer sciences, is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as well as texti ...

(home ec) courses until the 1980s. It is now unused, but remains the property of the

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. It is a single-story brick building, designed by

Thompson & Harding Charles L. Thompson and associates is an architectural group that was established in Arkansas since the late 1800s. It is now known as Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc.. This article is about Thompson and associates' work as part of one ...

and built in 1917. The building features an eclectic combination of

Prairie Style Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped i ...

and

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

elements; its geometric

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is in the former style, and its columned entrance portico is stylistically the latter. The building was listed on the U.S.

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in 1982.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1917 Buildings and structures in Arkadelphia, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Arkansas {{ClarkCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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