Date added: September 14, 2015; Modified: September 15, 2015
The Craighead County Courthouse, an Art Deco style building located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, was constructed in 1934-1935 with the aid of funds provided by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The Arkansas General Assembly established Craighead County and established Jonesboro… read more
Date added: July 27, 2015
The WPA built the Lincoln County courthouse in Star City between 1941 and 1943. The building was designed by the architectural firm Wittenberg & Delony, financed with a WPA grant of $135,000, and built with the assistance of WPA laborers.
Date added: July 8, 2015; Modified: July 11, 2015
From the Arkansas Times: “Originally developed in the 1930s as a Works Progress Administration project, Knoop Park offers visitors hiking trails and picnic tables. The park is known for its striking vistas.”
Date added: February 14, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
The 4’6″ x 12′ oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Threshing” was painted in 1938 by Joe Jones for what was then Magnolia’s new post office. The mural is still housed in the building, which had been converted into Magnolia’s Public Library before… read more
Date added: April 22, 2015; Modified: April 22, 2015
The Independence County Courthouse is a two-story, stone masonry institutional building with a raised basement and a Batesville marble exterior, laid out in a symmetrical, roughly “H”-shaped plan. The central, taller section of the building is five bays in length… read more
Date added: October 8, 2012; Modified: March 13, 2015
H. Louis Freund painted this 13′ x 4’8″ oil on canvas mural “Early Days and First Post Office in Pocahontas” in 1939 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the post office in Pocahontas. After years of damage, it… read more
Date added: March 27, 2013; Modified: January 29, 2015
“After completion of the PWA-funded University Library and Chemistry Building, the University received an additional $413,000 loan and $337,909 grant from the PWA for the construction of three additional buildings on campus. The PWA funds were used to construct the… read more
Date added: December 3, 2011; Modified: January 29, 2015
"The new men's dormitory at the University of Arkansas is divided into three separate units, each having its own entrances and stairway. The building is 55 by 189 feet in plan and 3 stories in height. On the first floor… read more
Date added: December 3, 2011; Modified: January 29, 2015
"The University of Arkansas Campus Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 2009. The district covers the historic core of the University of Arkansas campus, including 25 buildings.[2]… read more
Date added: December 3, 2011; Modified: January 29, 2015
"Although there was already a chemistry building on campus, by 1925 it had become too small. There were plans to build a new building by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1927, and was scheduled to be built in 1931. However,… read more
Date added: December 2, 2011; Modified: January 29, 2015
"Before construction of this new building, the library of the University of Arkansas was housed in the nonfireproof administration building. The new structure has a capacity of 265,000 volumes and furnishes study desks for approximately 600 students. In addition, there… read more
Date added: March 27, 2013; Modified: January 29, 2015
“After completion of the PWA-funded University Library and Chemistry Building, the University received an additional $413,000 loan and $337,909 grant from the PWA for the construction of three additional buildings on campus. The PWA funds were used to construct the… read more
Date added: February 4, 2014; Modified: January 29, 2015
The one-story stone school was constructed in the Plain Traditional style in 1938 by the NYA. The construction of the school was an economic and education boost to Stone County, one of the most isolated of Arkansas counties, with the… read more
Date added: January 28, 2015
The Work Projects Administration constructed a bridge over Long Creek outside Alpena, Arkansas, on what is known as WPA Road, in 1942.
Date added: October 17, 2014; Modified: January 20, 2015
“Situated in a grassy, tree-covered field in a remote area. the abandoned Big Four School building was constructed in 1915, but remodeled so extensively in the 1930’s by the Works Progress Administration bar it is actually more representative of this… read more