U.M. Rose School

United States historic place

Significant dates

U. M. Rose School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


34°44′16″N 92°16′54″W / 34.73778°N 92.28167°W / 34.73778; -92.28167
Area	less than one acre
Built	1915 (1915)
Architect	Charles L. Thompson
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
Part of	Philander Smith College Historic District (ID99000229)
MPS	Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference No.	88002820^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1988
Designated CP	September 13, 1999

The U.M. Rose School is a historic school building at the corner of Izard and West 13th Streets, on the campus of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. A two-story U-shaped Colonial Revival brick building, it was built in 1915 to a design by Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson, and was called "by far the best constructed" of any building in Little Rock.^[2]

It served the city as a primary school for many years. It is now known as the James M. Cox Administration Building, and houses the college's administrative offices.^[3]

The school is named after U. M. Rose, a prominent lawyer and judge.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "U. M. Rose School Is a Model of Builders' Art". Arkansas Democrat. January 5, 1916. p. 14.
^ "NRHP nomination for U.M. Rose School". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved March 3, 2016.