Orr School

The Orr School is a historic school building at 831 Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a single story wood frame structure, with a hip roof that has exposed rafters. It is clad in white shiplap siding. The interior has a long, narrow hallway dividing classrooms on either side. The school was built c. 1880, and is the only surviving building in Texarkana associated with the life of the noted African-American composer Scott Joplin (1868-1917), the "father of American Ragtime".[2] The building was originally two stories in height, but was reduced to one in 1920, when then hip roof and some of its Craftsman-style window treatment was added. It was purchased from the city by the City Federation of Women's Clubs in 1958.[3]

Orr School
Location in Arkansas
Location in United States
Location831 Laurel St., Texarkana, Arkansas
Coordinates33°25′48″N 94°2′31″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1880 (1880)
NRHP reference No.76000434[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1976

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Melton, Larry (2019-08-21). "Joplin's Landmark School". The Syncopated Times. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Orr School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-17.


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