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Shady Grove Delmar Church and School

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Vernacular

Added to NRHP
  
27 January 2015

Built
  
c. 1880

NRHP Reference #
  
14001197

Shady Grove Delmar Church and School

Location
  
Cty. Rd. 933, 1.4 mi. W. of Delmar, Delmar, Arkansas vicinity

The Shady Grove Delmar Church and School is a historic church and school building in rural Carroll County, Arkansas. The building, a single story wood frame structure with a gable roof, weatherboard siding, and a distinctive hexagonal tower with belfry and cupola. The building was built c. 1880 to provide a space for both religious services and a district school. It is a virtually unaltered example of the type, which was once common in rural Arkansas. The building is located on County Road 933, about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) west of the hamlet of Delmar, on the north side of Osage Creek.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

References

Shady Grove Delmar Church and School Wikipedia