The Sulphur Springs Old School Complex Historic District encompasses a collection of connected school buildings at 512 Black Street in
Sulphur Springs, Benton County, Arkansas. The main school building is a somewhat
vernacular single-story brick structure with a gable-on-hip roof, built in 1941 with funding from the
Works Progress Administration. Its main entrance is set in a tall arched opening decorated with buff brick. It is connected via covered walk to the gymnasium, a
craftsman-style wood-frame structure with a gable-on-hip roof and novelty siding. The gym was built in 1925 as a military barracks at
Camp Crowder
Fort Crowder was a U.S. Army post located in Newton and McDonald counties in southwest Missouri, constructed and used during World War II.
Establishment and purpose
Camp Crowder was a military installation named in honor of Major General Enoch ...
in
Neosho, Missouri, and was moved to this location in 1948. A wood-frame hyphen connects the gym to the 1949 cafeteria, a vernacular brick building. The school complex was used until 1965 when Sulphur Springs' school were consolidated with those of
Gravette. The school now houses the local police department, history museum, and community meeting spaces.
The district was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
See also
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Camp Crowder Gymnasium
The Camp Crowder Gymnasium is a historic school building at 205 Shiloh Drive in Sulphur Springs, Benton County, Arkansas. It is primarily a building with local significance, and also is a rare example of military construction in the small community ...
, another recycled barracks from Camp Crowder
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References
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
School buildings completed in 1941
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Arkansas
Schools in Benton County, Arkansas
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