Boys' Home
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Dates
- Built: 1902
- Removed: 3/15/1929 (Fire)
Location Accuracy
- Location is an estimate based on 1922 plat map and description of 1934 tennis courts built on the site of the former Academy Building.
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History
history:
On April 1, 1902, Rev. W. F. Evans purchased the south third of Block Number 1 in the Maddox Addition to Arkadelphia. On March 2, 1903, Evans, who had erected a two-story frame house on the lot, sold the property to Lelia L. Jones for $2,250. This building became the Boys' Home dormitory. On September 24, 1903, the Southern Standard reported that “the boys' dormitory is full.” This house later became a President’s Home, a Senior Girls’ Home, a home for Academy girls, and finally a boys’ dormitory again before finally being destroyed in a fire.
In 1934, the College constructed new tennis courts on this site.