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The Grubb Springs Community Building, formerly the Grubb Springs School, is a historic school building in
Boone County, Arkansas Boone County is located in the U.S. state of Arkansas, along the Missouri border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,373. The county seat is Harrison. It is Arkansas's 62nd county, formed on April 9, 1869. Boone County is part of the ...
. The building is a single-story stone gable-roofed structure located northeast of the junction of Arkansas Highways 43 and 397, west of
Harrison Harrison may refer to: People * Harrison (name) * Harrison family of Virginia, United States Places In Australia: * Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin In Canada: * Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Po ...
. Construction began on the building in 1892 by the local Methodist congregation, intending its use as a church. The land and unfinished building were sold in 1896 to the local school district, which completed the building. It was used as a school until 1944, and has since been converted into a community center. With eight photos from 1995. () The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1996. It was deemed significant as a surviving stone
one-room schoolhouse One-room schools, or schoolhouses, were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and s ...
example.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Boone County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Boone County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Arkansas ...


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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas One-room schoolhouses in Arkansas School buildings completed in 1892 National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Arkansas Schools in Boone County, Arkansas 1892 establishments in Arkansas {{BooneCountyAR-NRHP-stub