University of Central Arkansas: President's House - Conway AR

City:: Conway, AR
Site Type:: Education and Health, Schools, Colleges and Universities
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Description

"The president's house was one unit of a P.W.A. docket which included the construction and equipment of six separate units for the Arkansas State Teachers College. It is a two-story structure containing a two-car garage, living room, dining and breakfast rooms, library, and kitchen on the first floor; and three bedrooms, a sleeping porch, and baths on the second floor. The design is colonial and is carried out in red brick with wood trim and a slate roof. It was completed in June 1937 at a construction cost of $17,520 and a project cost of $21,498, both estimated."

This building retains its original use.

Source notes

C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).