Garfield Elementary School (Garfield, Arkansas)

The Garfield Elementary School is a historic school building on United States Route 62 in Garfield, Arkansas, near its junction with Arkansas Highway 127. It is a public elementary school of Rogers Public Schools.

Garfield Elementary School
Garfield Elementary School (Garfield, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Garfield Elementary School (Garfield, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Garfield Elementary School (Garfield, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Garfield Elementary School (Garfield, Arkansas)
Location in United States
Location18432 Marshall St.,[1]
Garfield, Arkansas
Coordinates36°26′55″N 93°58′17″W
Area3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1941 (1941)
ArchitectGaris Noderly, Junior Ross
Architectural styleRustic Revival
MPSPublic Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No.96000693[2]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 1996

It is a single-story rusticated stone building, built in 1941 to replace a nearby building which had fallen into disrepair. It is a T-shaped structure, with a long east–west section housing offices and classrooms, and a projecting auditorium to the rear. The prominent features of the main façade are two projecting castellated entrance porticos, which have raised parapets, and segmented-arch openings.[3]

Garfield Elementary feeds into Lingle Middle School and Rogers Heritage High School.[4]

History

Garfield Elementary School (the institution, not the building) was established in 1885.[5]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[2]

The district researched the possibility of making the school compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act. The district staff wrote in a report in 2019 that doing so for Garfield Elementary would be "beyond expensive".[6]

A person who owned property in Garfield agreed to donate 20 acres (8.1 ha) to the Rogers School District so it could build a new facility, though the district has not yet determined if it wants to build a replacement facility on that site. The school district plans to close the existing Garfield school building and move students to another building that is scheduled to begin operations in 2024.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Garfield Elementary School". Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Garfield Elementary School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  4. "Feeder School Pattern" (PDF). Rogers Public Schools. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  5. Darling, Anna (2022-02-09). "Garfield community raises concerns about future of historic elementary school". KNWA-TV. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  6. Perozek, Dave (2022-09-18). "What's next for Garfield school? Community hears from superintendent". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-18.


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