The Orr School is a historic school building at 831 Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a single story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof that has exposed rafters. It is clad in white shiplap siding. The interior has a long, narrow hallway dividing classrooms on either side. The school was built c. 1880, and is the only surviving building in Texarkana associated with the life of the noted African-American composer Scott Joplin (1868-1917), the "father of American Ragtime".[2] The building was originally two stories in height, but was reduced to one in 1920, when then hip roof and some of its Craftsman-style window treatment was added. It was purchased from the city by the City Federation of Women's Clubs in 1958.[3]
school, historic, school, building, laurel, street, texarkana, arkansas, single, story, wood, frame, structure, with, roof, that, exposed, rafters, clad, white, shiplap, siding, interior, long, narrow, hallway, dividing, classrooms, either, side, school, built. The Orr School is a historic school building at 831 Laurel Street in Texarkana Arkansas It is a single story wood frame structure with a hip roof that has exposed rafters It is clad in white shiplap siding The interior has a long narrow hallway dividing classrooms on either side The school was built c 1880 and is the only surviving building in Texarkana associated with the life of the noted African American composer Scott Joplin 1868 1917 the father of American Ragtime 2 The building was originally two stories in height but was reduced to one in 1920 when then hip roof and some of its Craftsman style window treatment was added It was purchased from the city by the City Federation of Women s Clubs in 1958 3 Orr SchoolU S National Register of Historic PlacesLocation in ArkansasShow map of ArkansasLocation in United StatesShow map of the United StatesLocation831 Laurel St Texarkana ArkansasCoordinates33 25 48 N 94 2 31 W 33 43000 N 94 04194 W 33 43000 94 04194Arealess than one acreBuilt1880 1880 NRHP reference No 76000434 1 Added to NRHPJuly 30 1976The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 1 See also editNational Register of Historic Places listings in Miller County ArkansasReferences edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 Melton Larry 2019 08 21 Joplin s Landmark School The Syncopated Times Retrieved 2019 08 21 NRHP nomination for Orr School Arkansas Preservation Retrieved 2014 10 17 nbsp This article about a property in Miller County Arkansas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Orr School amp oldid 1018632072, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
