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 | |
Location in Arkansas Location in United States | |
| Location | 18432 Marshall St.,[1] Garfield, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°26′55″N 93°58′17″W |
| Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
| Built | 1941 |
| Architect | Garis Noderly, Junior Ross |
| Architectural style | Rustic Revival |
| MPS | Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000693[2] |
| Added to NRHP | June 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]
References
- "Garfield Elementary School". Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Garfield Elementary School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
- "Feeder School Pattern" (PDF). Rogers Public Schools. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- Darling, Anna (2022-02-09). "Garfield community raises concerns about future of historic elementary school". KNWA-TV. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- Perozek, Dave (2022-09-18). "What's next for Garfield school? Community hears from superintendent". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-18.