Solomon Grove Smith-Hughes Building

S of Co. Rd. 29, Twin Groves, Arkansas. County/parish: Faulkner.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 09, 1994. NRIS 94001461.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • FA 0868

From Wikipedia:

Solomon Grove Smith–Hughes Building

The Solomon Grove Smith–Hughes Building is a historic community building on Solomon Grove Road in Twin Groves, Arkansas. It is a single-story stone structure, built out of locally quarried stone and covered by a gable-on-hip roof. It was built in 1938 with funding support form the Works Progress Administration, and first served as a school. It was built by the African-American mason Silas Owens Sr. on land he sold to the city in 1937. It now houses a library.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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