Fargo Training School

Fargo Training School Historic District
Nearest city Fargo, Arkansas
Area 15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built 1960 (1960)
Architect Furrell & Robinson
Architectural style International Style, Modern Movement
NRHP Reference # 10000287[1]
Added to NRHP May 27, 2010

The Fargo Training School was an educational facility for educating delinquent African Americans in Fargo, Arkansas. The school was operated from 1949 until it was closed in 1968 as part of a court-mandated integration of the state's juvenile facilities. It was founded as a private endeavour initially known as the Fargo Training School for Delinquent Negro Girls in 1919 by Dr. Floyd Brown, who continued to support the school after it was acquired by the state in 1949.[2]

The school's surviving campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1] It is one of the state's best-preserved campuses of its type from the segregation era. The campus includes six surviving buildings, including one that now houses the Floyd Brown Museum, an International-style building constructed in 1958.[2][3][4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Fargo Training School Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Floyd Brown Museum". Visit Arkansas. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Floyd Brown-Fargo Agricultural School Museum". Arkansas Tourism. Retrieved 24 September 2015.


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