- City:
- Moorefield, AR
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- National Youth Administration (NYA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1940
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The old Moorefield (Independence County), AR, school building, which now houses the Rehobeth Baptist Church; the original Rehobeth Baptist Church of Moorefield, established in the 1820s, is believed to have been the first church in Independence County.
Source notes
Contributor note: I was born and raised in Independence County, AR, and locals informed me that the old school was built with New Deal funding.
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, 1992: (https://www.arkansaspreservation.com/National-Register-Listings/PDF/IN0562.nr.pdf), accessed November 2020.
Site originally submitted by Kenneth Rorie on November 20, 2019.
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