Property Details for Former Gartrell Memorial High School

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Gartrell School

Property Owner

Private

ACRES Property ID

264798

Property Address

311-315 South Park Street ENGLAND, AR 72046

Size

1.2

Parcel Numbers

750-20910-000

Latitude/Longitude

34.540995560675 / -91.976335753339

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CAs Associated with this Property

CA Name	CA #	State	Type	Announcement Year
Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment	4B02F72501	AR	Assessment	2024

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment	$13,525.00	03/05/2025		Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment

Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $13,525.00
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Total Funding: $13,525.00

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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The Gartrell Memorial High School is a former segregated school for African Americans. The site is listed on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places due to its association with African American education in England, AR in the 1960s prior to integration.

The original two-room school was built by 1930. A cafeteria, additional classrooms for different age groups, and a gym were added between 1953 and 1955. A fire in 1960 damaged the building used for high school students, and the adjacent elementary school building was also demolished to rebuild more modern facilities which were completed in 1962. The school closed when the school district was integrated in 1970. The property was briefly used as a vocational training school in the 1970s, but has now been vacant for may years. The buildings are in very poor condition.

The property is currently owned by the non-profit Gartrell Alumni Association. Another non-profit organization, Jazz and Blues on the River, Inc., is a prospective purchaser and has requested assistance in performing a Phase I ESA and hazardous building materials surveys. If the property can be cleaned up and reused, the non-profit would like to provide after-school programs educating students in jazz and blues music.

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ID Number (if Applicable): 43-03663 Enrolled:

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