The Lafayette County Training School is a historic school building at 1046 Berry Street, on the former campus of Ellis High School in

Stamps, Arkansas Stamps is a city in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,693 at the 2010 census, down from 2,131 at the 2000 census. History A post office has been in operation in Stamps since 1887. The community has the name of the ...

. It is a single-story brick building with a gable roof, built-in 1929 with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund. It is laid out in the shape of an H, and houses six classrooms in the side wings, with an office, library, and auditorium in the center. It is the only surviving Rosenwald School in Lafayette County. It served the area's African-American student population until 1969 when the county schools were integrated. It thereafter served as an integrated middle school until 1975, and for a time as a daycare center afterwards. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas School buildings completed in 1929 Buildings and structures in Lafayette County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette County, Arkansas 1929 establishments in Arkansas {{LafayetteCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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