The Pine Ridge School Building is a historic school building in rural
Izard County, Arkansas
Izard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,696. The county seat is Melbourne. Izard County is Arkansas's 13th county, formed on October 27, 1825, and named for War of 1812 Gener ...
. It is a single-story
fieldstone
Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...
structure, located on the south side of Pine Ridge Road (County Road 32) about west of
Brockwell. It was built c. 1920, fashioned out of uncoursed native sandstone with
grapevine mortar joints. A central gable-roofed entrance
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
extends from the center of the building's north facade. It is a fine local example of an early 20th-century one-room school building.
The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1994,
at which time it was being used as a church by a local
Seventh-day Adventist
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventism, Adventist Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the Names of the days of the week#Numbered days of the week, seventh day of the ...
congregation.
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See also
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References
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Churches in Izard County, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Izard County, Arkansas
1920 establishments in Arkansas
Education in Izard County, Arkansas
School buildings completed in 1920
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