Eddie Mae Herron Center and Museum
St. Mary's AME Church-Pocahontas Colored School | |
Location in Arkansas Location in United States | |
| Location | 1708 Archer St. Pocahontas, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°15′44″N 90°58′53″W / 36.26222°N 90.98139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1918 |
| Architectural style | Plain-Traditional |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000830[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 5, 2002 |
The Eddie Mae Herron Center & Museum is a historic community building at 1708 Archer Street in Pocahontas, Arkansas. Originally built as an African Methodist Episcopal Church and known as St. Mary's AME Church, it is a small one-room wood-frame structure, with a gable roof and novelty siding. A flat-roof addition expands the building to the right. The main facade has two entrances, each sheltered by a small gable-roofed hood. The building was built in 1918, to provide facilities for a church and school to the small African-American community in Pocahontas. It served as a church for thirty years, and as a school known as Pocahontas Colored School for fifty, and was later adapted for other uses, most recently as a museum and community center.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as the St. Mary's AME Church—Pocahontas Colored School.[1] It was a one-room schoolhouse.[2]
Eddie Mae Herron was a teacher in the Biggers School District who transferred to Pocahontas after Biggers Colored School closed, along with that school's students, becoming Pocahontas Colored School's only teacher between 1948 and 1965.[3][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Claudia C. Shannon; Amy Bennett (March 2, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Mary's AME Church / Pocahontas Colored School / Edie Mae Herron Center". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ Elledge, Zachary (October 24, 2024). "Eddie Mae Herron Center & Museum". The CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
- ^ Grear, Daniel (May 29, 2024). "Pocahontas native Pat Johnson named NEA Heritage Fellow". Arkansas Times. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
- ^ "Miss Eddie Mae". Eddie Mae Herron Center/Museum. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
External links
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