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Date added: March 10, 2013; Modified: March 10, 2013
“The town of Green Forest took advantage of the offerings of the Public Works Administration and applied to have a $45,561 waterworks installed. On July 26, 1935, the PWA awarded a $21,500 loan and a $19,590 grant for the project…. read more
Date added: March 9, 2013; Modified: March 9, 2013
“The Mulladay Hollow Bridge was built as part of the Works Progress Administration’s Lake Leatherwood Recreation Area Project. Its exact date of construction is not known. The bridge is an excellent Arkansas example of a masonry, closed spandrel, deck arch… read more
Date added: October 6, 2012; Modified: March 9, 2013
“Daniel Olney was commissioned for $750 to create a mural for Berryville, Arkansas on the basis of merit of the model submitted in the Salina, Kansas Competition. The figures were designed for Salina, Kansas, but were transformed into man and… read more
Date added: March 9, 2013; Modified: March 9, 2013
“In 1935 the Arkansas State Planning Board met with the Public Works Administration to begin planning for the conservation of the Arkansas natural resources. The PWA accepted the task to improve all of the water sources in the State.[10] In… read more
Date added: March 9, 2013; Modified: March 9, 2013
“American Legion Post #127 (also known as the Wilson Burnett American Legion Post #127 was first chartered on April 9, 1920, though this structure was not erected until 1934, when it was constructed by the Works Progress Administration. The onset… read more
Date added: March 8, 2013; Modified: March 8, 2013
“It is unknown when the first school was formed for this community, but in 1938 the National Youth Administration (NYA) constructed a stone school. The school in the community of Ida has been known as the Antioch, Center Ridge, Dill… read more
Date added: March 7, 2013; Modified: March 7, 2013
“In the 1870’s, Valley Springs had a reputation as an educational center of northwest Arkansas, known as “The Athens of the Hills” because of the fine Valley Springs and Rally Hill private academies nearby. The New Deal brought a return… read more
Date added: March 6, 2013; Modified: March 6, 2013
“The Norwood School is significant as an example of rural educational buildings built by the WPA during the Depression. Use of native stone was a typical construction technique and while many of these buildings remain, few retain this degree of… read more
Date added: March 6, 2013; Modified: March 6, 2013
“The Horace Mann School Historic District contains four contributing buildings and no non-contributing buildings all sited on roughly two acres of land in Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas. The City of Norfork now owns the buildings, and the complex was closed… read more
Date added: March 6, 2013; Modified: March 6, 2013
“The Baxter County Courthouse in Mountain Home was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1941 and 1943. It was designed by T. Ewing Shelton of Fayetteville, and constructed by the WPA. Its minimalist design and use of local… read more
Date added: February 6, 2013; Modified: February 6, 2013
The Lafayette County Courthouse (built from 1940-1942) was funded 40% by the WPA (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program). It is in the Art Deco style typical of the period, which means it was more restrained than the earlier Art Deco style… read more
Date added: January 24, 2013; Modified: January 24, 2013
Spruce Street is identified as a WPA project, paved April 1938, by an etching in the pavement at the corner of Spruce and Second Street. The mayor’s name during the project appears to be J. M. Talkett. Arkansas employed more… read more
Date added: October 8, 2012; Modified: October 8, 2012
Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Cotton Pickers” painted by Ethel Magafan in 1940 for the Wynne, Arkansas post office. “Ethel Magafan was commissioned for $560 to create a mural for Wynne, Arkansas as a result of an Honorable Mention… read more
Date added: October 8, 2012; Modified: October 8, 2012
Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Lake Country Wild Life” painted in 1941 by Avery Johnson. ” On August 21, 1939, Edward B. Rowan, assistant chief for the U.S. Treasury Department’s Section on Fine Arts, wrote Artist Avery Johnson… read more
Date added: October 6, 2012; Modified: October 6, 2012
Three panel Treasury Section mural entitled “Portrait of Contemporary DeWitt” painted by William Traher in 1941. “William Traher was commissioned $750 to create a mural for DeWitt, Arkansas on the basis of competent designs submitted in the 1939, 48-States Mural… read more