US 62, near jct. with AR 127, Benton, Arkansas. County/parish: Benton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 28, 1996. NRIS 96000693.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Garfield Elementary School is a historic school building on United States Route 62 in Garfield, Arkansas, near its junction with Arkansas Highway 127. It is a public elementary school of Rogers Public Schools.
It is a single-story rusticated stone building, built in 1941 to replace a nearby building which had fallen into disrepair. It is a T-shaped structure, with a long east–west section housing offices and classrooms, and a projecting auditorium to the rear. The prominent features of the main façade are two projecting castellated entrance porticos, which have raised parapets, and segmented-arch openings.
Garfield Elementary feeds into Lingle Middle School and Rogers Heritage High School.
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