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Horace Mann School Historic District

Norfork, Baxter County

Norfork's old wooden school was worn out by the 1930s, so the WPA and the community built a fieldstone schoolhouse here, finished in 1937 and named for education reformer Horace Mann. The National Youth Administration added more buildings, and a gym and auditorium went up in 1940. The local paper noted it was one of very few schools in the state serving every pupil a free hot lunch.

Kind of place

Schools, gyms and job training

Built by

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

When

1937 to 1940

Where

Norfork, Baxter County

Still there?

Not confirmed lately

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