- City:
- Griffithville, AR
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
“The Griffithville School, built by the Works Progress Administration in 1939, employs Craftsman features and has a construction method and design that is characteristic of the federally funded institutional buildings from the late 1930s. The building, located along a state highway in Grifftthville, [as of 1992] is still used as a school, is in good condition, and has undergone very little alteration within the last fifty years.” (National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form)
As of 2015, the gymnasium has been used as a community center and a park is on the grounds of the original school. The extant buildings are in disrepair.
Source notes
https://www.arkansaspreservation.com/!userfiles/WH1205.nr.pdfSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 17, 2014.
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Dave Thompson
Gabriel Milner
Kathy Barnes
The gymnasium still stands and has been converted to a community center. The original school buildings are now gone. One or two of the newer elementary school buildings still stand, but are in disrepair and abandoned. A small community park is now on the grounds of the original school.
Thank you for this update. We’ve made edits and welcome any photographic documentation you may have.
Why is the Garner Gymnasium not listed . It was built on the 1930s as well by the WPA
It is in white county. In Garner Arkansas.