- City:
- Portia, AR
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
Description
Locally known as the Home Economics/F.F.A. Building, this “combination NYA youth community center/classroom” was constructed in 1937-1938. It has been described as “the best local example of a building executed in the indigenous stone Rustic style which was popular with the WPA in its construction throughout Arkansas, and in the Ozark region in particular” (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program).
Source notes
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Home Economics/FFA Building, Portia, Lawrence County. Retrieved from https://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.aspx?id=113. 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 25, 2014.
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