Entry Category: Institutions and Buildings - Starting with C

Unfinished statue of Jesus covered in scaffolding with trailer in foreground

Christ of the Ozarks is a statue located in Eureka Springs (Carroll County) on top of Magnetic Mountain. The white mortar figure of Jesus Christ is seven stories tall and weighs almost two million pounds (about 540 tons). The statue is one of five giant statues of Christ in the world and one of only two in North America. It was sculpted by Emmet A. Sullivan and funded by the Elna M. Smith Foundation. The Elna M. Smith Foundation was founded in 1965 as a non-profit organization named for, and headed by, the wife of Gerald L. K. Smith, who gained prominence as an anti-Semitic minister and political agitator in the 1930s. At a reported cost of $5,000, the foundation …

Gigantic boxy white Jesus statue with outstretched arms atop a hill

Christ of the Ozarks

Statue of long-haired man holding lamb and staff

Christ Statue

Green metal buildings on hillside with trees

Christadelphian School

row of single story white cabin-type buildings and trees

Christadelphian School Buildings

Christadelphian School Bungalows

Collection of single-story wooden buildings with pavilion among trees

Christadelphian School Grounds

Christadelphian School Playground

Brick building with arched stained glass window and a white entrance addition on grass

Christadelphian Church

View of windows in stone building with red roof and exterior bushes

Church Building Detail

Church Interior

Brick church building with bell tower on street corner with road signs in yard

Church of the Nazarene

Two-story brick building with columns and arched windows on street corner

Clarksville Presbyterian Church

Clear Springs Tabernacle

The Clear Springs Tabernacle is an unenclosed brace-framed structure constructed in Clark County in 1887 to house religious services. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1992. The first settlers to the area arrived in 1840 when the Meeks family established a farm in the area known as Clear Spring (also called Clear Springs). It is located about four miles east of Antoine (Pike County). The settlement grew slowly, and a post office operated in the area from 1856 until 1911. A school also served the area from the late nineteenth century until it consolidated in 1930 with Okolona (Clark County). Never very large, the community also supported a store and several churches. The …

Clear Springs Tabernacle

Brick church building with steeple and sign on parking lot

Cleveland Church of God

Single story white wooden church building with a steeple

Cleveland Church

Colored Industrial Institute

The Colored Industrial Institute in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) was one of the first Catholic-supported schools for African-American children in Arkansas. The school was established by Father John Michael Lucey, a white Confederate veteran, who was considered progressive for speaking out against lynching and protesting efforts to pass separate coach legislation. Planning for the school began in May 1889. Lucey approached leading citizens of Jefferson County to fill the school’s board of directors. This integrated board included wealthy black Pine Bluff citizens, including Ferdinand (Ferd) Havis and Wiley Jones. Jones was also one of three members of the school’s executive committee and served as secretary. The other two executive committee members were Pine Bluff mayor J. W. Bocage and Reverend …