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]
Kiblah School | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Doddridge, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°3′12″N 93°52′1″W / 33.05333°N 93.86694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architect | Rosenwald |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 88003210[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 20, 1989 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Kiblah School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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