The Mt. Olive Rosenwald School, on Bradley Rd. 45 in Mt. Olive, Bradley County, Arkansas is a wood frame Colonial Revival schoolhouse built in 1927. It is one of five buildings in the county that was funded by The Rosenwald Fund, established by philanthropist Julius Rosenwald to further the education of rural African Americans. It is not known when the building ceased to be used as a school, but classes were offered as late as 1949.

The building is a basic T shape, with a center entry, classrooms on either side of the entry, and an auditorium in the rear.

Mt. Olive Rosenwald School

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Mt. Olive Rosenwald School

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Bradley County, Arkansas

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas

Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas

1927 establishments in Arkansas

Educational institutions established in 1927

National Register of Historic Places in Bradley County, Arkansas

Historically segregated African-American schools in Arkansas

Rosenwald schools in Arkansas

Mt. Olive Rosenwald School