- City:
- Forrest City, AR
- Site Type:
- City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Forrest City, Arkansas’s City Hall (sometimes known as the Municipal Building) was constructed in 1938-9 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a grant of $9,676 for the project, whose total cost was $22,151. The building “features Art Deco-style detailing in cast-stone on its front façade.”
PWA Docket No. Ark. [W]1149
Source notes
Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 160.
Arkansas Heritage tour, March 15, 2014, by Rachel Silva: https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/ahpp-documents/sandwiching-tour-scripts/forrest-city-tour-script-20149e28d825-39cc-4674-bd81-883f665d5ab8.pdf?sfvrsn=f4ded9d0_5 (page 13, accessed May 2022)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 17, 2022.
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