Date added: October 25, 2017; Modified: April 2, 2018
A Work Progress Administration marker is encased in a brick monument on the grounds of Southside Elementary School, on the West Tulsa Street (north) side of the school property. According to the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, the WPA constructed… read more
Date added: February 21, 2018; Modified: February 21, 2018
The Works Progress Administration built the National Guard Armory in Batesville in 1936. A 1998 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form describes the formal characteristics of the structure: “The 1936 National Guard Armory in Batesville was constructed in a vernacular Ozark stone… read more
Date added: March 9, 2013; Modified: February 21, 2018
“By the 1930s, Eudora was substantial enough to need a city hall. The city turned to the PWA for assistance in constructing the building, and they received a loan of $9,000 and a grant of $6,142, for a total amount… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018
“The Tyronza Water Tower is a historic elevated steel water tower located in Tyronza, Arkansas. It was built in 1935 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company in conjunction with the Public Works Administration as part of a project to… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018
“The Tuckerman Water Tower is a historic waterworks facility at the south end of Front Street in Tuckerman, Arkansas. It is a tall metal structure, with four latticed legs, braced with rods and sloping inward, to support a water tank… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018; Modified: February 16, 2018
“The Cotton Plant water tower is a historic elevated steel water tower located in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. It was built in 1935 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company in conjunction with the Public Works Administration as part of a project… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018; Modified: February 16, 2018
The Hartford Water Tower “is a historic elevated steel water tower located in Hartford, Arkansas. It was built in 1936 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company in conjunction with the Public Works Administration as part of a project to… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018; Modified: February 16, 2018
“The McCrory Waterworks is a historic site located in McCrory, Arkansas. It contains an elevated steel water tower, built in 1936 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company in conjunction with the Public Works Administration, which provided $39,497 in aid… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018; Modified: February 16, 2018
“The Mineral Springs Waterworks is a historic site located in Mineral Springs, Arkansas. It contains a good example of a 1930s-era elevated steel water tower, built in 1936 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company in conjunction with the Public Works… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018; Modified: February 16, 2018
“The De Valls Bluff Waterworks is a historic public water supply facility at Rumbaugh and Hazel Streets in De Valls Bluff, Arkansas. It contains a 1930s-era elevated steel water tower, built in 1936 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company in… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018; Modified: February 16, 2018
“The Keiser Water Tower is a historic waterworks facility at Water and East Main Street in Keiser, Arkansas. It is an open metal structure, several stories high, with a roughly cylindrical tank at the top, and a rising through the… read more
Date added: February 16, 2018; Modified: February 16, 2018
“The Mountain View Waterworks are a historic public water supply system in Mountain View, Arkansas. The facilities consist of a tower and well house, located at the junction of Gayler and King Streets. The tower is a metal structure with… read more
Date added: March 7, 2013; Modified: February 16, 2018
The historic water tower in Monette, Arkansas was constructed as a New Deal-assisted project during the Great Depression. “The Cotter Water Tower is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places with local significance under Criterion A for its… read more
Date added: March 8, 2013; Modified: February 16, 2018
The historic water tower in Monette, Arkansas was constructed as a New Deal-assisted project during the Great Depression. “On Wednesday October 21, 1936, John V. Hancock started the pump to fill Monette’s new water tank. Reporters for the Monette Weekly… read more
Date added: March 8, 2013; Modified: February 16, 2018
“The Hampton Watervorks is located on the north side of Hunt Street west of Lee Street in downtown Hampton, the seat of Calhoun County in southwest Arkansas. The metaI water tower and associated well house were built by the Pittsburgh-Des… read more