Cottonwood School 45


  • Address: Cottonwood and Dubuque Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Built in 1926, the Cottonwood School No 45 was crafted by local workmen to serve as the community school for Self, Arkansas, situated approximately eight miles north of Harrison near Bear Creek. The school is a side gable-on-hip Craftsman structure sheathed in rubble stone veneer on a continuous concrete foundation. A centered porch supported by three battered posts on rubble stone piers dominates the front facade. The concrete foundation above rubble stone extends from the main wall approximately eight inches. The school consisted of one room and two small cloakrooms flanking the front entry. Today the school is a residence. All original six-over-six double-hung windows were replaced in the 1480s with modern one-over-one metal windows and several doors have been replaced. Recently the current owners removed these windows and replaced them with aluminum double-hung windows from Anderson.

One room served as the classroom for all the children through the eighth grade. Children were transported to and from school by wagon, driven by George Sharpe. Mr. Sharpe began his route at a swinging pedestrian bridge across Bear Creek. In addition to its use as a school, this building was home to various community events. John RiddIesperger, a former student, remembers mattress makings in 1936 The school served in the summer of that year as a government subsidized industry utilizing cotton, ticking, and needles supplied by the government to upgrade old feather beds. - NRHP, 2002 July 31


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1926/00/00 Cottonwood School 45 is built to accommodate 70 students on land loaned by Earnest Pemberton. Tom Morris and Charles Kennedy from Omaha, Arkansas, were hired to provide assistance for community members who donated labor for the building materials.

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Particulars for Cottonwood School 45:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Bungalow-craftsman
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Historic Event
Owner Private
Historic Use School



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th October 2002

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Cottonwood School 45
Registry Address: Cottonwood and Dubuque Rd.
Registry Number: 02001078
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Morris, Tom; Kennedy, Charles
Architectural Style: Bungalow-craftsman
Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1926
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: School
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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