- City:
- Washington, AR
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
After the county seat was moved from Washington, Arkansas to Hope, Arkansas, the Washington Public School moved into the empty 1874 Hempstead County Courthouse in Washington. With assistance from the Works Progress Administration, a gym was erected next door in 1940 to serve the school. The gym currently is used as an event venue for public functions.
Source notes
Arkansas State Parks: (https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/historic-washington-state-park/tour-the-town/works-progress-administration-gym), accessed May 2019.
Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on May 31, 2019.
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