Mo-Ark Baptist Academy

The Mo-Ark Baptist Academy is a historic religious school building in Blue Eye, Arkansas. It is located just south of the western end of Park Street, not far from the state line with Blue Eye, Missouri. It is a large T-shaped two-story brick building with a hip roof, built in 1918 to house what was initially called the Carroll County Institute. At first funded by the Arkansas Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention, it eventually also received funding from Missouri Baptists, and was renamed (first to Mo-Ark Baptist Academy and then Armo Academy). The school was later expanded to include both boys and girls dormitories; the latter still stands nearby. The school closed its doors in 1931; the building was used by the Green Forest School District as an elementary school into the 1950s, and has since seen intermittent use as a community center.[2]

Mo-Ark Baptist Academy
LocationS of western terminus of Park St., Blue Eye, Arkansas
Coordinates36°29′52″N 93°23′57″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1918 (1918)
NRHP reference No.96001030[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1996

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Mo-Ark Baptist Academy" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-10.


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