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  2. Category : Works Progress Administration in Arkansas

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    Pages in category "Works Progress Administration in Arkansas" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  3. Beebe Jail - Wikipedia

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    It is distinctive for its slightly rounded concrete roof, with a parapet rising above the front (southwest) facade. The interior has two small cells, each with a barred window, and a small vestibule area. The jail was built as a Works Progress Administration project in 1934. [2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic ...

  4. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

  5. Phillips County Penal Farm Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The main building is a cast concrete structure, two stories in height, with Plain Tradition and International styling, while the other two buildings are single-story concrete block structures. These, and the water tower, were built c. 1935–37 with funding from the Works Progress Administration, and served as a penal facility until 1973. [2]

  6. Cove Lake Spillway Dam-Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The bridge is a five-span masonry arch structure, built across the dam spillway, where it carries Arkansas Highway 309. The dam and bridge were built in 1937 with funding from the Works Progress Administration, and is a fine example of the Rustic architecture WPA projects were known for. [2]

  7. New Mt. Pisgah School - Wikipedia

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    A segmented arch projects in front of the recessed main entrance. The school, now serving as a private residence, was built in 1938 with funding from the Works Progress Administration, and is one of the county's few surviving examples of a WPA school. [2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

  8. Sebastian County Road 4G Bridge - Wikipedia

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    A 1990 study reviewed 2,496 bridges built in Arkansas before 1941 which survived to 1990 and identified just 51 as potentially National Register-eligible. [4] By its listing, the County Road 4G bridge was deemed consistent with the standards determined in that study, as a good surviving example of its type.

  9. Horace Mann School Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Horace Mann School Historic District of Norfork, Arkansas encompasses a complex of four Depression-era school buildings near the center of the community. It includes a main school building, built with Works Progress Administration (WPA) funding in 1936, a home economics building and a vocational educational building, both built in 1937 by the National Youth Administration, and the ...