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Date added: February 3, 2014; Modified: April 20, 2017
Plum Bayou was the first settlement in Arkansas and in the United States (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program). Resettlement Administrator Rexford G. Tugwell, was present at the opening dedication ceremony November 20, 1936. “Tugwell saw the Plum Bayou Project as representative… read more
Date added: February 3, 2014; Modified: April 20, 2017
Lake Dick was a Resettlement project, part of the efforts to help sharecroppers establish their own farms. The Resettlement Administration purchased 3, 453 acres, built “80 houses, six community buildings, and several farm support structures” for a cooperative farm (Arkansas… read more
Date added: August 19, 2014; Modified: April 12, 2017
The fire station, designed in a mission-style building resembling a residence, was built by the PWA at a cost of $26,681.
Date added: August 19, 2014; Modified: April 12, 2017
The rock fire station was constructed as federal National Youth Administration (NYA) project 4686-Y-10 in May 1938.
Date added: August 19, 2014; Modified: April 12, 2017
This station was NYA project Number 5403-Y-10.
Date added: December 2, 2011; Modified: April 11, 2017
“The new Sebastian County Courthouse at Fort Smith has six floors, counting the semi-basement and the central penthouse of two floors devoted entirely to the jail. On the basement floor is a large assembly hall, the police department, miscellaneous offices,… read more
Date added: August 19, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
One of two buildings constructed by the WPA in the African American community of Oak Grove, the gymnasium is “…an example of a simple but handsomely balanced design which reveals the skill of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers” (Story,… read more
Date added: January 7, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic former post office building in Magnolia, Arkansas was constructed in 1937. Soon after the New Deal mural “Threshing,” by Joe Jones, was completed and installed. The Magnolia post office was similar in design to that in Van Buren,… read more
Date added: October 8, 2013; Modified: April 11, 2017
This 1936 New Deal post office now serves as the Springdale Chamber of Commerce.
Date added: October 8, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office building in Siloam Springs, Arkansas was constructed in 1937 with federal funding. The building is now privately owned.
Date added: October 8, 2013; Modified: April 11, 2017
This 1936 New Deal post office now houses the offices for the Pocahontas Star Herald newspaper.
Date added: January 25, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
Constructed in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the former Post Office in Osceola, Arkansas is typical of the type of small post offices that were built during the New Deal for rural towns. The $55,000 project probably begun… read more
Date added: October 8, 2012; Modified: April 11, 2017
This former post office building was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds at a federal cost of $52,000. (Construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.) According the the Arkansas Historic Preservation program, it was one of seven similar buildings… read more
Date added: January 14, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The Monticello Economic Development Commission building in Monticello, Arkansas was constructed as the community’s post office during the Great Depression. The building features New Deal artwork inside.
Date added: January 10, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
“When construction was completed in 1940, Crossett reveled in the addition of the ‘pleasing green’ stucco building that was designed using a combination of Art Deco, Greek Revival, and International architectural syles” (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program). The post office cost… read more