The New Hope School is a historic schoolhouse at 3762

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, east of

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. It is a single-story wood-frame structure with simple Plain-Traditional style, which was built in stages. In 1903 a single-room schoolhouse was built to serve the students of District 25, to which a second classroom was added sometime before 1930, resulting in the building's present appearance. This building was used as a school until 1951, after which it was purchased by a local peach farmer for use in his business. In 2007 the building was donated to the Cross County Historical Society, which has overseen its restoration. The building was listed on the

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in 2008. It was a one-room schoolhouse before it was a two-room schoolhouse.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas One-room schoolhouses in Arkansas Two-room schoolhouses School buildings completed in 1903 Buildings and structures in Cross County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Cross County, Arkansas 1903 establishments in Arkansas {{CrossCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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