Morrow Hall is a historic building in

Batesville, Arkansas Batesville is the largest city in and the county seat of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles (128 km) northeast of Little Rock, the state capital. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city was 10,268. The c ...

. It was entered into the

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in October 1972. Built in 1873, this was the first permanent building of Arkansas College (now Lyon College), the oldest continuing private college in the state of Arkansas. Three other academic buildings once stood on the block - the Long Memorial Building, on the site of the Presbyterian sanctuary; the chapel, which stood between Long and Morrow; and the gymnasium, which has been remodeled to serve as the present church Fellowship Hall, immediately behind Morrow. Morrow Hall stands as it was originally built. It is an "academic house," with

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pressed tin window trim and projecting central

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. It is now used by the First

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{{National Register of Historic Places University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas School buildings completed in 1873 Buildings and structures in Batesville, Arkansas Italianate architecture in Arkansas Lyon College National Register of Historic Places in Independence County, Arkansas 1873 establishments in Arkansas