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The Tontitown School Building is a historic former school building on US Highway 412 (US 412) in
Tontitown, Arkansas Tontitown is a city in northern Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located in the Ozark Mountains and was founded by Italian settlers in 1898. Known for its grapes and wines, Tontitown has hosted the Tontitown Grape Fest ...
. It is a single-story hip-roofed building, fashioned out of concrete blocks. It has corner blocks set in a quoin pattern, and gabled dormers front and rear which house paired round-arch windows. The front entry is sheltered by a gabled portico supported by Corinthian columns. The school was built in 1920 to accommodated the community's growing Italian immigrant population. The building is now owned by the adjacent St. Joseph's Church. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1992.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington Coun ...


References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Arkansas 1920 establishments in Arkansas School buildings completed in 1920 Schools in Washington County, Arkansas Italian-American culture in Arkansas Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock {{WashingtonCountyAR-NRHP-stub