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Mt. Olive Rosenwald School

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Built
  
1927

Opened
  
1927

Added to NRHP
  
21 January 2004

NRHP Reference #
  
03001454

Area
  
1 ha

Mt. Olive Rosenwald School

Location
  
Bradley Rd. 45, Mt. Olive, Arkansas

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

The Mt. Olive Rosenwald School, on Bradley Rd. 45 in Mt. Olive, Bradley County, Arkansas is a wood frame Colonial Revival schoolhouse built in 1927. It is one of five buildings in the county that was funded by The Rosenwald Fund, established by philanthropist Julius Rosenwald to further the education of rural African Americans. The building is a basic T shape, with a center entry, classrooms on either side of the entry, and an auditorium in the rear.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

References

Mt. Olive Rosenwald School Wikipedia