- City:
- Star City, AR
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1941
- Completed:
- 1943
- Designer:
- Wittenberg & Delony
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The WPA built the Lincoln County courthouse in Star City between 1941 and 1943. The building was designed by the architectural firm Wittenberg & Delony, financed with a WPA grant of $135,000, and built with the assistance of WPA laborers.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 6, Folder 212-A. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, listed 1994.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 27, 2015.
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