Kiblah School

Kiblah School
Nearest city Doddridge, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°3′12″N 93°52′1″W / 33.05333°N 93.86694°W / 33.05333; -93.86694Coordinates: 33°3′12″N 93°52′1″W / 33.05333°N 93.86694°W / 33.05333; -93.86694
Area less than one acre
Built 1927 (1927)
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 88003210[1]
Added to NRHP November 20, 1989

The Kiblah School is a historic school building in rural Miller County, Arkansas. It is located southeast of Doddridge, at the junction of County Roads 4 and 192, between United States Route 71 and the Red River. The building is a single-story L-shaped wood frame structure, topped by a gable-on-hip roof. It has modest Craftsman styling, with some Greek Revival influences. The main entrance is sheltered by a hip-roofed porch supported by Craftsman-style columns. It has a transom window reminiscent of Greek Revival doorways. The school was built in 1927 with funding from the Rosenwald Fund (although it was not built to a standard Rosenwald plan), and was intended to serve the African-American community of Kiblah, which was established after the American Civil War by former slaves from a Louisiana plantation.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Kiblah School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-13.


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