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Wortham Gymnasium
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	AR 200, Oak Grove, Nevada County, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°35′55″N 93°14′19″W / 33.59861°N 93.23861°W / 33.59861; -93.23861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1935 (1935)
Architect	Works Progress Administration
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	90000667
Added to NRHP	April 19, 1990
Removed from NRHP	September 29, 2015

The Wortham Gymnasium was a historic athletic facility on Arkansas Highway 200 in Oak Grove, a rural community in Nevada County east of Rosston. Built in 1935 by a Works Progress Administration crew, this large gymnasium was the only surviving remnant of a major push in the 1920s and 1930s to improve the education of African Americans in Oak Grove. It was a single-story wood-frame structure with a gable roof, with a shed-roofed vestibule area on the main (southern) facade. At the time of its construction, it was the largest gymnasium in the state.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was removed from the National Register in 2015.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"NRHP nomination for Wortham Gymnasium". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

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