Menifee High School Gymnasium

The Menifee High School Gymnasium is a historic school building at North Park and East Mustang Streets in Menifee, Arkansas. It is a single-story frame structure, its exterior finished in uncoursed fieldstone veneer. It has a gabled roof with exposed rafter ends, and two entry pavilions with gable roofs supported by stone posts. It was built in 1938 with funding support from the Works Progress Administration, and was one of the first three WPA-funded athletic facilities built specifically for a segregated African-American school.[2]

Menifee High School Gymnasium
Menifee High School Gymnasium is located in Arkansas
Menifee High School Gymnasium
Location in Arkansas
Menifee High School Gymnasium is located in the United States
Menifee High School Gymnasium
Location in United States
LocationJct. of N. Park St. and E. Mustang St., Menifee, Arkansas
Coordinates35°8′50″N 92°32′48″W / 35.14722°N 92.54667°W / 35.14722; -92.54667
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
Built byWorks Progress Administration
Architectural styleBungalow/American craftsman
MPSPublic Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No.02000601[1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 2002

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Menifee High School Gymnasium". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-06.