Arcadia Colored High School
Appearance
Arcadia Colored High School Historic District | |
Location | On 6th Street, between Crawford Street and Napoleon Street, Arcadia, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 32°33′41″N 92°56′04″W / 32.56139°N 92.93453°W |
Area | 4.6 acres (1.9 ha) |
Built | c. 1942 to c. 1955 |
Architect | C. Scott Yeager |
Architectural style | Modern |
NRHP reference No. | 14000308[1][2] |
Added to NRHP | June 10, 2014 |
The Arcadia Colored High School was a
high school for African-American students in Arcadia, Louisiana
, United States. It was originally known as Bienville Parish Training School and was later known as Crawford High School. It eventually was a campus of 10 buildings.
School campus buildings
The Arcadia Colored High School Historic District was listed as a
Modern Movement in style, but which are otherwise nondescript architecturally.[3]
The four surviving buildings are one-story buildings. The oldest is "Classroom Building A" from about 1942. It has a four-room plan very similar to the
running bond. The 1951 Classroom and Administration building has "mid-century modern aesthetic is asserted through the horizontality of the design, its flat roof with deep eaves and its clean, sharp lines." The Auditorium-Gymnasium building, built in 1954, was designed by architect C. Scott Yeager.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ NP Gallery: Arcadia Colored High School Historic District, at National Park Service
- ^ a b "Arcadia Colored High School Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2017.[permanent dead link] with 14 photos and three maps[permanent dead link]