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New Deal places in Ashley County
9 New Deal places in Ashley County are on the map. Courthouses, post offices and city halls (2); Forests, fire towers and conservation (6); CCC camps (1). 6 have a full story with sources.
Courthouses, post offices and city halls 2
- Hamburg Post Office
Hamburg's blond brick, Colonial Revival post office was built in 1937 and 1938 and opened on June 1, 1938, like many small-town post offices of the time.
- Old Crossett Post Office
Crossett's green stucco post office, finished in 1940 for $70,000, mixes Art Deco, Greek Revival and International styles.
Forests, fire towers and conservation 6
- Crossett Experimental Forest Building No. 6
CCC men of the 768th Company built this wood-frame office around 1940 as part of the headquarters for the Crossett Experimental Forest, then run as part of the Ouachita National Forest.
- Crossett Experimental Forest Building No. 8
Another of the CCC-built office buildings, from around 1940, at the Crossett Experimental Forest headquarters.
- Crossett Experimental Forest Project
The Crossett Experimental Forest, south of Crossett, began in 1933 with 13 miles of roads dug by hand by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
- Crossroads Fire Tower
This 120-foot galvanized steel lookout, made by the Aermotor Company, was put up by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Ashley County.
- Crossett Experimental Forest Building No. 2
Log garage and vehicle-maintenance building at the experimental forest.
- Crossett Experimental Forest buildings
CCC camps 1
Places come from public inventories and are being checked one by one. Know one we missed, or one that’s gone? Open it on the map and use “Been here? Is it still standing?”. Updated 2026-10-14. Printed from dylanedgell.com/arkansas-new-deal