Little River County Training School (Ashdown, Arkansas)

 school, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, vernacular (architecture), Rosenwald School

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Historic former African-American vocational training school listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Built: 1962-1965
Architect: Reinheimer and Cox (Texarkana, AR)
Architectural style: Plain Traditional
Areas of significance: Education; Black Ethnic Heritage
Area: 2.7 acres
Date added to NRHP: 1/26/2016
Other designations: U.S. Historic District

This vocational school served Ashdown's African-American students during the time of racial segregation. The only remaining buildings on the campus are a classroom building, a gymnasium and a shop building. The school was built with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund. The fund's founder, Julius Rosenwald, was a white businessman, philanthropist and co-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company. One of his philanthropic activities, in collaboration with famed African American educator Booker T. Washington, involved founding a charitable fund in 1917 that was dedicated to building schools in the rural south specifically for the educational advancement of African-Americans. This was one such school.