We invite you to join in a historic opportunity to partner with us in the renovation of the Union Chapel School and Shop Building  located near Springfield in Conway County, Arkansas. 

The campus is South of Springfield, near the eastern edge of Conway County.  The campus consists of approximately 1.6 acres, bounded by Union Chapel Road on the north and Acker Lane on the west.  Currently, the campus has three buildings, a classroom, a pump house and a shop building,  The School was built in the early 1930s and replaced the previous building built in the 1920s  The pump house was built in the 1930s, the buildings rest on continuous stone foundations and have fieldstone walls.  The shop building and the pump house have hipped roofs covered in asphalt shingles, while the school has a gable roof, also covered in asphalt shingles.  The area around the school is a rural area composed of a mixture of wooded areas and open fields.

The Union Chapel Community Center, INC. will be launching a campaign to restore this early Rosenwald School which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places in Arkansas.  The Union Chapel School was an important component of the education system for African Americans in the Union Chapel and Springfield area from 1930 to it’s closing 1970.  The school’s importance stretched beyond Union Chapel to include the surrounding area.  The school was not only a place where African-Americans were educated, but also a place where special events were held.

With your generous financial gift we can restore the Historic Union Chapel and Shop Building. Visit theunionchapelschoolhouse.org to make tax-deductible gifts and pledges toward this effort and to stay up to date on specific details about the restoration and preservation process.