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The Bigelow Rosenwald School, also known as Rosenwald Community Center, is a former
Rosenwald School The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partn ...
located in Toad Suck, about northeast of Bigelow,
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,
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. Built in 1926, it is a single-story wood-frame building with vernacular Craftsman elements. It served as a school until 1964, when it became a
community center A community centre, community center, or community hall is a public location where members of a community gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. They may be open for the whole community or for a sp ...
. It is the only Rosenwald School building that still stands in Perry County. The building was listed on the
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in 2004.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Perry County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Arkan ...


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* School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Rosenwald schools in Arkansas Schools in Perry County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Arkansas 1926 establishments in Arkansas School buildings completed in 1926 Historically segregated African-American schools in Arkansas Community centers in Arkansas {{PerryCountyAR-NRHP-stub