The Old Moorefield School
Project type: Schools, Education and Health
New Deal Agencies: National Youth Administration (NYA)
Started: 1936
Completed: 1940
Marked:
Yes
Site Survival: Extant
View Project in a Separate Window
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: (http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/National-Register-Listings/PDF/IN0562.nr.pdf), accessed November 2020.
Project originally submitted by Kenneth Rorie on November 20, 2019.
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.
SUBMIT MORE INFORMATION OR PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS SITE
