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Mt. Olive Rosenwald School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Bradley Rd. 45, Mt. Olive, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°25′42″N 92°03′34″W / 33.42837°N 92.05948°W / 33.42837; -92.05948
Area	3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	1927
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	03001454
Added to NRHP	January 21, 2004

The Mt. Olive Rosenwald School, on Bradley Rd. 45 in Mt. Olive, Bradley County, Arkansas is a wood frame Colonial Revival schoolhouse built in 1927. It is one of five buildings in the county that was funded by The Rosenwald Fund, established by philanthropist Julius Rosenwald to further the education of rural African Americans. It is not known when the building ceased to be used as a school, but classes were offered as late as 1949.

The building is a basic T shape, with a center entry, classrooms on either side of the entry, and an auditorium in the rear.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Williams, Helaine (2021-03-07). "Legacy lost — Thousands of Rosenwald schools were built to improve education for Black students during Jim Crow era | Arkansas Democrat Gazette". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
^ "NRHP nomination for Mt. Olive Rosenwald School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-01-03.

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