Former school in running for national recognition
The former Greenwood School of the Hot Springs School District is among 14 properties in eight counties throughout Arkansas to be considered in December by the State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Review Board will consider the nomination when it next meets at 10 a.m. on Dec. 6 at the Department of Arkansas Heritage Building, which is located at 1100 North St. in Little Rock. The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage division that identifies, evaluates, registers and preserves the state’s cultural resources.
The Greenwood School is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and Richardson Street. The building was constructed in 1930 and designed in the art deco style by architect Irven D. McDaniel.
“The building is an excellent example of a restrained art deco style being used around the country in educational settings at that time, and was a fairly early example,” according to the National Register nomination.
“No significant alterations to the exterior have been made since 1950. The only other art deco school building in Hot Springs is the Rix School, designed by the same architect at the same time.”
Other properties to be considered for National Register nomination are Arkansas Teachers Association Headquarters Building and Professional Service Building at Little Rock; College Avenue Historic District at Conway; R.L. Leach Grocery Store at Dutch Mills in Washington County; Robert Wanslow House, Fitzgerald Historic District and Elmwood Cemetery at Fort Smith; Green Valley Homestead at Sturkie in Fulton County; Highfill School at Highfill in Benton County; Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument at Gentry in Benton County; Johnny Cash Boyhood Home at Dyess in Mississippi County; Blytheville Air Force Base Strategic Arms Command Alert and Weapons Storage Areas Historic District at Blytheville; and Sherman Mound in Mississippi County.
The board will also consider Edwards Chapel at Russellville in Pope County, Lafayette School Gymnasium at Camden, Lake June at Stamps in Lafayette County and Captain Daniel Matthews House at Osceola in Mississippi County for listing on the Ar-
kansas Register of Historic Places. The Arkansas Register recognizes historically significant properties that do not meet National Register requirements.