The Harvey C. Couch School is a historic school building at the junction of County Roads 11 and 25 in rural
Columbia County, Arkansas, several miles southeast of the county seat,
Magnolia, in the hamlet of
Calhoun
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. The school is a single-story brick structure whose main block has a hip roof. Projecting from the main block are an open porch on its front, and three concrete staircases on its other elevations. The front porch shelters a double-door entry under a gable roof, and features Craftsman-style brackets. The building was built in 1928 as a gift to the community of Calhoun by its native son, Arkansas businessman
Harvey C. Couch
Harvey Crowley Couch, Sr. (21 August 1877 – 30 July 1941), was an Arkansas entrepreneur who rose from modest beginnings to control a regional utility and railroad empire. He is regarded as the father of Arkansas Power and Light Company an ...
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The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia County, Arkansas
References
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
School buildings completed in 1928
Schools in Columbia County, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Arkansas
1928 establishments in Arkansas
Bungalow architecture in Arkansas
American Craftsman architecture in Arkansas
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