Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 76000434 Opened 1880 | Built 1880 (1880) Address Texarkana, AR 71854, USA Added to NRHP 30 July 1976 | |
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Location 831 Laurel St., Texarkana, Arkansas Similar Arkansas High School, Razorback Gymnasi, Fairview Elementary School, Highland Park Elementa, Dunbar Intermedi 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". 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.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.