Horace Mann School Historic District

The Horace Mann School Historic District of Norfork, Arkansas encompasses a complex of four Depression-era school buildings near the center of the community. It includes a main school building, built with Works Progress Administration (WPA) funding in 1936, a home economics building and a vocational educational building, both built in 1937 by the National Youth Administration, and the auditorium/gymnasium, built in 1940 with WPA funds. All are single-story Craftsman-style buildings, although the gymnasium presents more stories because of a partially exposed basement. The complex was used as a school until the mid-1980s, and is now owned by the city, which uses the buildings for a variety of purposes. It is a well-preserved and remarkably complete Depression-era school complex.[2]

Horace Mann School Historic District
Location in Arkansas
Location in United States
LocationCity Hall Circle, Norfork, Arkansas
Coordinates36°12′19″N 92°17′2″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1936 (1936)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPSNew Deal Recovery Efforts in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.06001311[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 2007

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Horace Mann School Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-16.


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