Lafayette County Training School

  • Also Known As: Ellis Middle School also Kiddy Kollege Day Car also LA0052
  • Also Known As: G. A. Ellis High School

  • Address: 1046 Berry St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1929/00/00 Rosenwald Fund School Plan Benefactor Lafayette County Training School, a single-story brick building with gable roof, is built in with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund.
1929/00/00 Samuel L Smith (education) Architect Lafayette County Training School, a single-story brick building with gable roof, is built in with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund.
1929/00/00 Johnson, S.F. Architect Lafayette County Training School, a single-story brick building with gable roof, is built in with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund.
1940/00/00 Maya Angelou Education Marguerite Johnson graduates with honors from Lafayette County Training School in Arkansas.
1969/00/00 Lafayette County Training School serves the area's Black student population until 1969, when the county schools were integrated, and then as a middle school until 1975.

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Particulars for Lafayette County Training School:
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Bungalow-craftsman
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use School



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 20th January 2005

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Lafayette County Training School
Registry Address: 1046 Berry St.
Registry Number: 04001500
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architect: Smith, Samuel L.,; Johnson, S.F.
Architectural Style: Bungalow-craftsman
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, Black
Applicable Criteria: Event
Significant Year: 1929
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: School
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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