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El Dorado Junior College Building

Coordinates: 33°12′34″N 92°39′58″W / 33.20944°N 92.66611°W / 33.20944; -92.66611
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El Dorado Junior College Building
El Dorado Junior College Building is located in Arkansas
El Dorado Junior College Building
El Dorado Junior College Building is located in the United States
El Dorado Junior College Building
Location300 S. West Ave., El Dorado, Arkansas
Coordinates33°12′34″N 92°39′58″W / 33.20944°N 92.66611°W / 33.20944; -92.66611
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.78000633[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1978

The El Dorado Junior College Building is a historic academic building at 300 South West Avenue in El Dorado, Arkansas. The three story brick building was built in 1905 as a public school building for the county's white students. From 1925 to 1937 the building house El Dorado Junior College, the first such institution in southwestern Arkansas; it has seen a variety of public and private academic uses since then. The building is shaped roughly like a swastika, and has retained most of its external and internal Classical Revival style.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for El Dorado Junior College Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2014-04-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)