El Dorado Junior College Building, El Dorado

Name: El Dorado Junior College Building
Address: El Dorado, United States

#14 among attractions in El Dorado

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The El Dorado Junior College Building is a historic academic building at 300 South West Avenue in El Dorado, Arkansas. The three story brick building was built in 1905 as a public school building for the county's white students. From 1925 to 1937 the building house El Dorado Junior College, the first such institution in southwestern Arkansas; it has seen a variety of public and private academic uses since then. The building is shaped roughly like a swastika, and has retained most of its external and internal Classical Revival style. ()

Built: 1905 (119 years ago)Coordinates: 33°12'34"N, 92°39'58"W

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El Dorado United States

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El Dorado Junior College Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: El Dorado Confederate Monument, John Newton House, First Presbyterian Church, Rialto Theatre.

~1220 ftNE
Memorial
El Dorado Confederate Monument, El Dorado
6 min walk • The El Dorado Confederate Monument is located on the grounds of the Union County Courthouse in El Dorado, Arkansas, near the corner of North Main and South Washington Streets.
0.4 miNE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
John Newton House, El Dorado
11 min walk • The Newton House Museum, also known as the Matthew Rainey House, is a historic house museum at 510 North Jackson Street in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. The house was built sometime between 1843 and 1853 by Matthew Rainey, El Dorado's first settler, and is the oldest building in the city.
~1690 ftNE
Church
First Presbyterian Church, El Dorado
9 min walk • The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 300 E. Main in El Dorado, Arkansas. The single story brick building was constructed in 1926 for a congregation which was organized in 1846.
~1010 ftNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Rialto Theatre, El Dorado
5 min walk • The Rialto Theatre is a historic performing venue at 117 East Cedar Street in downtown El Dorado, Arkansas. Built in 1929 during El Dorado's oil boom years, the theater is one of the best local examples of Classical Revival architecture, and is one of the largest and most elaborately decorated performing spaces in southern Arkansas.
~1130 ftNE
City hall
Municipal Building, El Dorado
6 min walk • The Municipal Building, or City Hall, of El Dorado, Arkansas is located at 204 North West Street.
0.4 miSE
Interesting neighbourhood
El Dorado Apartments, El Dorado
11 min walk • The El Dorado Apartments are a historic apartment house at 420 Wilson Place in El Dorado, Arkansas. The two story brick and limestone building was designed by Louisiana architect Cheshire Peyton, and built in 1926 in response to the discovery of oil in the area and the ensuing economic boom.
0.9 miN
33°13'21"N • 92°39'41"W
Barton Public Library, El Dorado
24 min walk • Library
~80 ftN
Universities and schools
South Arkansas Community College, El Dorado
1 min walk • South Arkansas Community College is a public community college in El Dorado, Arkansas. South Arkansas Community College, known locally as SouthArk, is a public, comprehensive community college with an open-door policy, providing educational programs, workforce development, civic...

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Which popular attractions are close to El Dorado Junior College Building?

Nearby attractions include South Arkansas Community College, El Dorado (1 min walk), Rialto Theatre, El Dorado (5 min walk), Municipal Building, El Dorado (6 min walk), El Dorado Confederate Monument, El Dorado (6 min walk).