Orr School, Texarkana

Name: Orr School
Address: Texarkana, United States

#18 among attractions in Texarkana

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The Orr School is a historic school building at 831 Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a single story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof that has exposed rafters. It is clad in white shiplap siding. The interior has a long, narrow hallway dividing classrooms on either side. The school was built c. 1880, and is the only surviving building in Texarkana associated with the life of the noted African-American composer Scott Joplin, the "father of American Ragtime". The building was originally two stories in height, but was reduced to one in 1920, when then hip roof and some of its Craftsman-style window treatment was added. It was purchased from the city by the City Federation of Women's Clubs in 1958. ()

Built: 1880 (144 years ago)Coordinates: 33°25'48"N, 94°2'31"W

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Orr School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ace of Clubs House, Museum of Regional History, Four States Auto Museum, Canaan Baptist Church.

0.4 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana
12 min walk • The Ace of Clubs House is a historic house museum in Texarkana, Texas. The house is distinctively shaped like a club, from a deck of playing cards, with three octagon-shaped wings and a fourth rectangular wing adjoining at a central octagon-shaped stair hall.
0.5 miS
Museum, History museum
Museum of Regional History, Texarkana
14 min walk • The Museum of Regional History is a local history museum in Texarkana, Texas. It is the first and oldest museum in the Texarkana metropolitan area; it was established in 1971. It is located in the Offenhauser Insurance Building, which was built in 1879, making it the oldest brick building in the city.
0.4 miSE
Museum
Four States Auto Museum, Texarkana
12 min walk • The Four States Auto Museum is an automobile museum in Texarkana, Arkansas. It was established in 2004 and chartered as a 501 organization in the State of Arkansas. The museum is located on a site formerly used for wagon and automobile body construction.
~800 ftN
Church
Canaan Baptist Church, Texarkana
4 min walk • The Canaan Baptist Church is a historic church at the junction of Laurel and 10th Streets in Texarkana, Arkansas. The single-story brick church was built in 1929 for an African-American congregation established in 1883. The building was designed by S. C.
~1470 ftSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana
8 min walk • The Patrick J. Ahern House is a historic house located at 403 Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas.
0.6 miN
Interesting neighbourhood
Dean House, Texarkana
16 min walk • The Dean House is a historic house at 1520 Beech Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame house, built in 1911 for Thomas Mercer Dean, a local farmer and lumberman. Its principal distinguishing feature is its large Colonial Revival portico, with paired two-story Tuscan columns supporting an elaborate entablature.

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Which popular attractions are close to Orr School?

Nearby attractions include Canaan Baptist Church, Texarkana (4 min walk), P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana (8 min walk), Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana (12 min walk), Four States Auto Museum, Texarkana (12 min walk).

How to get to Orr School by public transport?

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Texarkana (18 min walk)

Orr School, Texarkana

Facts and practical information

Orr School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana

Museum of Regional History, Texarkana

Four States Auto Museum, Texarkana

Canaan Baptist Church, Texarkana

P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana

Dean House, Texarkana

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Orr School?

How to get to Orr School by public transport?