The Garfield Elementary School is a historic school building on
United States Route 62 in
Garfield, Arkansas, near its junction with
Arkansas Highway 127. It is a public elementary school of
Rogers Public Schools.
It is a single-story rusticated stone building, built in 1941 to replace a nearby building which had fallen into disrepair. It is a T-shaped structure, with a long east–west section housing offices and classrooms, and a projecting auditorium to the rear. The prominent features of the main façade are two projecting castellated entrance porticos, which have raised parapets, and segmented-arch openings.
Garfield Elementary feeds into Lingle Middle School and
Rogers Heritage High School
Rogers Heritage High School is a Comprehensive education, comprehensive public high school in Rogers, Arkansas for students in grades nine through twelve. Rogers Public Schools established the school in 2008. The first graduating class was in 201 ...
.
History
Garfield Elementary School (the institution, not the building) was established in 1885.
The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1996.
The district researched the possibility of making the school compliant with the
Americans With Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA () is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ...
. The district staff wrote in a report in 2019 that doing so for Garfield Elementary would be "beyond expensive".
A person who owned property in Garfield agreed to donate to the Rogers School District so it could build a new facility, though the district has not yet determined if it wants to build a replacement facility on that site. The school district plans to close the existing Garfield school building and move students to another building that is scheduled to begin operations in 2024.
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See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Benton County, Arkansas
References
External links
Garfield Elementary School
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
School buildings completed in 1941
National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Arkansas
Schools in Benton County, Arkansas
1885 establishments in Arkansas
1941 establishments in Arkansas
Educational institutions established in 1885
Rustic architecture in Arkansas
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