• Conway County Courthouse Mural - Morrilton AR
    The mural "Men at Rest" was painted for the Morrilton post office by Richard Sargent in 1939. The work was sponsored by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is no longer located in the post office, but has instead been moved to the front entryway of the Conway County Courthouse. "Richard Sargent was commissioned for $590 to create a mural for Morrilton, Arkansas as a result of an Honorable Mention in a Section of Fine Arts Competition. The section chose the current composition, formerly titled 'Thirsting Men,' from a number of black and white sketches Sargent had submitted. The mural...
  • Petit Jean State Park - Morrilton AR
    “V-CCC Company 1781 was assigned to Petit Jean State Park. Being a company of World War I veterans, most of the men were older with experience in construction work. The CCC worked at Petit Jean from 1933 to 1938. The first project was living quarters for the camp. Soon after, construction of Mather Lodge and the cabins began. Work was also started on the dam construction for the formation of Lake Bailey. Once the lake was complete, a water tower was constructed for Mather Lodge and the cabins. During the CCC’s tenure at Petit Jean they made great strides in...
  • Petit Jean State Park: Water Tower - Morrilton AR
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the water tower at Mather's Lodge in Petit Jean State Park from native stone.
  • Post Office (former) - Morrilton AR
    This former post office building was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds at a federal cost of $52,000. (Construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA.) According the the Arkansas Historic Preservation program, it was one of seven similar buildings constructed at that time. Originally, the building contained the mural "Men at Rest" by artist Richard Sargent. That mural was relocated and is currently on display at the Conway County Courthouse. In 1990 a new post office was constructed, but the community retained rights to the former post office, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Aug....