James Mitchell School

	James Mitchell School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	2410 S. Battery St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°43′40″N 92°17′41″W / 34.72778°N 92.29472°W
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1908
Architect	Charles L. Thompson
Architectural style	Prairie School, Classical Revival
Part of	Central High School Neighborhood Historic District (2012 boundary increase) (ID12000320)
NRHP reference No.	09000322
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 20, 2009
Designated CP	June 7, 2012

The James Mitchell School is a historic school building at 2410 South Battery Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. The oldest portion of the building is a four-room structure designed by Charles L. Thompson and built in 1908. It was enlarged several times, notably by Thompson in 1910 (adding four rooms), and Thomas Harding, Jr. in 1915 (again adding four rooms), and 1952. Harding's addition gave the building its prominent Classical Revival entrance portico. The school property includes two outbuildings that also houses classrooms. The school was originally a segregated facility, serving only white students, but the end of segregation (achieved in Little Rock in the early 1970s) transformed the school into one that served its predominantly black neighborhood. It was closed in 2005.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1] In 2017, the Charter Authorizing Panel of the Arkansas Department of Education approved a proposal to open a K-5 charter school, ScholarMade Achievement Place, in the Mitchell building, targeting an opening date for the 2018–2019 school year.

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for James Mitchell School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for James Mitchell School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

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