Marion in Crittenden County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Marion School Auditorium-Gynamnasium

Erected 1938

— Courthouse Square Walking Trail —

Marion School Auditorium-Gynamnasium Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 8, 2018

1. Marion School Auditorium-Gynamnasium Marker

Inscription. When classrooms were carved out of the second floor auditorium space in the first high school. Marion students and the entire community used a tabernacle built in 1924 on the south side of the high school for events requiring an auditorium. When the new auditorium-gymnasium was completed on this site in 1938, as a special event, an exhibition basketball game was played by Louisiana State University and Southwestern at Memphis in 1939.

Erected by the City of Marion.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1924.

Location. 35° 12.879′ N, 90° 11.942′ W. Marker is in Marion, Arkansas, in Crittenden County. It is at the intersection of East Military Road and Currie Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Military Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: East Military Road, Marion AR 72364, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas Delta

and in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

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the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Marion High School (within shouting distance of this marker); Margaret E. Woolfolk Library (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Loss of the Sultana (about 300 feet away); The Sultana Tragedy (about 300 feet away); Military Road (about 300 feet away); Marion School District (about 600 feet away); Rhodes Storefronts (about 600 feet away); Confederate Soldier's Memorial (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.

The Marion School Auditorium-Gynamnasium & Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 8, 2018

2. The Marion School Auditorium-Gynamnasium & Marker

The Marion School Auditorium-Gynamnasium image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 8, 2018

3. The Marion School Auditorium-Gynamnasium

Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 679 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 24, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.