Guy High School Gymnasium – Guy AR

City:
Guy, AR

Site Type:
Education and Health, Gymnasiums

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1938

Description

Local WPA workers used hand crow bars to dig stones from North Cadron Creek to build the gym in 1938. They hauled stone in horse-drawn wagons, and used scaffolds and chains to move them into place (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program). The gym was still in use by the Guy-Perkins School District as late as 1992.

Source notes

Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Guy High School Gymnasium. Retrieved from arkansaspreservation.com. Christ, M. K., & Slater, C. H. (2000). Sentinels of History: Reflections on Arkansas Properties in the National Register of Historic Places. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on January 22, 2014.

Location Info


Hwy. 25
Guy, Arkansas 72061
Faulkner County

Location notes: Location along Hwy 25 approximate.

Coordinates: 35.324899170017645, -92.32146

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