Carver Gymnasium

Coordinates: 34°46′57″N 91°53′46″W / 34.78250°N 91.89611°W / 34.78250; -91.89611
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Carver Gymnasium
The buildings foundation in 2022
Carver Gymnasium is located in Arkansas
Carver Gymnasium
Location in Arkansas
Carver Gymnasium is located in the United States
Carver Gymnasium
Location in United States
Location400 Ferguson St.
Lonoke, Arkansas
Coordinates34°46′57″N 91°53′46″W / 34.78250°N 91.89611°W / 34.78250; -91.89611
Arealess than one acre
Built1957 (1957)
Architectural styleone story gable end
NRHP reference No.09000741[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 2009

The Carver Gymnasium is a historic school building at 400 Ferguson Street in Lonoke, Arkansas.

Description and history[edit]

The Carver Gymnasium is a vernacular single-story structure, built out of concrete blocks and capped by a gabled metal roof. The gable ends are clad in metal siding, and there are irregularly spaced awning windows on the walls.[2] It was built in 1957 for the Carver School, the segregated facility serving Lonoke's African-American students, and is its last surviving building. After the city's schools were integrated in 1970, the school complex served as its junior high school, and was vacated by the school system in 2005.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "WWU Carver Gym Materials". Western Washington University. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Carver Gymnasium". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-01.