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Hide Search OptionsDate added: October 17, 2014; Modified: January 20, 2015
“The Fair View School building is a single-story, T-plan structure built in 1938 by Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor and designed in the Craftsman style . The school building, as well as the two adjoining service buildings (coal house and… read more
Date added: October 17, 2014; Modified: January 20, 2015
“Located in a mall White County community near Bald Knob, the Hopewell School building has specific features that identify it as one of several federally funded institutional structures in the county dating from the late 1930’s. … The former school’s… read more
Date added: October 8, 2012; Modified: January 20, 2015
The Monticello Economic Development Commission building—formerly the post office—features (New Deal) Section of Fine Arts-funded terra-cotta reliefs entitled “Tomato Culture.” They were created by Berta Margoulies in 1941. “Berta Margoulies was commissioned for $750 to create a mural for Monticello,… read more
Date added: March 26, 2014; Modified: January 19, 2015
The post office contains a Section funded mural entitled “Wildlife Conservation in Arkansas” painted for the De Queen post office in 1942 by Henry Simon. “Henry Simon was commissioned $750 to create a mural for De Queen, Arkansas on the… read more
Date added: December 3, 2011; Modified: January 14, 2015
Originally the fine arts building, and now the music building. "This structure houses the various fine arts departments of the college. On the first floor are the offices, recitation and class rooms, and a small auditorium seating 185. The second… read more
Date added: October 6, 2012; Modified: January 14, 2015
The oil-on-canvas mural “From Timber to Agriculture” was painted for the historic Heber Springs post office, now municipal building. “Louis Freund was commissioned for $660 to create a mural for Heber Springs, Arkansas. He visited the town and decided to… read more
Date added: March 9, 2013; Modified: January 10, 2015
“The Cross and Nelson Hall Historic District, located on the campus of Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Columbia County, is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its association with the Public Works Administration’s work… read more
Date added: December 3, 2011; Modified: January 10, 2015
"The president's house was one unit of a P.W.A. docket which included the construction and equipment of six separate units for the Arkansas State Teachers College. It is a two-story structure containing a two-car garage, living room, dining and breakfast… read more
Date added: March 10, 2013; Modified: January 10, 2015
“Over the next two decades, the Administration Building witnessed the expansion of Arkansas State Teachers College, growing from twenty faculty members and 328 students in 1917 to forty-four faculty members and 745 students in 1939. Despite the effects of the… read more
Date added: December 24, 2014
The English Revival Style, red-brick, one-story school building was constructed in the town’s existing school complex by the WPA in 1939. The large front wing and the smaller rear wing are connected by a large auditorium that intersects both wings… read more
Date added: December 22, 2014; Modified: December 22, 2014
The Legion post was constructed 1934 with $2,900 allotment from the federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) and $2,000 from the Legionnaires, who also contributed the lot. The facility was destroyed by fire following repairs after it was used to house… read more
Date added: March 27, 2013; Modified: November 6, 2014
“While PWA funding was typically focused on local school districts in the public school system, seven buildings were constructed on the University of Arkansas campus using this funding. Buildings constructed with PWA funds during this period include Vol-Walker Hall (1935),… read more
Date added: March 9, 2013; Modified: November 6, 2014
The amphitheater, located on the campus of Southern Arkansas University, was constructed by the NYA in 1936-38.
Date added: October 17, 2014
The Little Buffalo River Bridge outside Parthenon, Arkansas, which carries State Highway 327, was constructed with the assistance of the federal Works Progress Administration in 1939. The bridge is still in use today.
Date added: October 17, 2014; Modified: October 17, 2014
“The Greenwood Gymnasium is a load-bearing stone masonry building located at 300 E. Gary Street, near downtown Greenwood, Arkansas. It was built in 1938-39 by 100 workers employed and/or directed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) . This durable structure… read more