- City:
- El Dorado, AR
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
- Designer:
- John B. Abbot
Description
The gym was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1940 for use by the local high school and El Dorado Junior College which shared the building. The gym remains in use today on what is now the South Arkansas Community College campus.
Source notes
Bridges, K. (2009). El Dorado Junior College. Encylopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Retrieved from https://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5502. Arkansas's Depression Era Properties, Southwest Region. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, retrieved fromhttps://www.arkansaspreservation.com/publications/driving-map/southwest.aspx?print=1.Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on January 12, 2014.
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