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New Deal places in Conway County
24 New Deal places in Conway County are on the map. Parks and recreation (9); Art and murals (1); Schools, gyms and job training (3); Housing and farm communities (1); Water, dams and utilities (2); Roads and bridges (3); CCC camps (2); Other public works (3). 11 have a full story with sources.
Parks and recreation 9
- Mather Lodge
Petit Jean was Arkansas's first state park, and Mather Lodge is its centerpiece: a 24-room guest lodge that is the only lodge the CCC built in an Arkansas state park.
- Petit Jean State Park
CCC Company 1781, made up of World War I veterans with construction experience, worked at Petit Jean from 1933 to 1938.
- Petit Jean State Park--Administration Office
Men of the CCC's 1781st Company, camped at Morrilton, built this fieldstone office for Petit Jean's park staff in the rustic resort style, with stone columns and porches.
- Petit Jean State Park--Cabin No. 1
The CCC's 1781st Company built this stone cabin around 1935 for overnight visitors at Petit Jean, Arkansas's first state park.
- Petit Jean State Park--Cabin No. 16
The CCC's 1781st Company, camped at Morrilton, built this stone cabin around 1935 so visitors to Petit Jean could stay overnight.
- Petit Jean State Park--Cabin No. 6
Another of the stone cabins the CCC's 1781st Company built at Petit Jean around 1935 for overnight park visitors.
- Petit Jean State Park--Cabin No. 9
One of the CCC cabins at Petit Jean, built around 1935 by the 1781st Company as overnight lodging for park visitors.
- Lake Bailey-Roosevelt Lake Historic District
- Petit Jean State Park Cabins 1
Art and murals 1
- Morrilton post office mural
Richard Sargent's 1939 mural "Men at Rest" shows three hay workers stopping to take turns drinking water in front of a loaded wagon, with an Ozark mountain behind them.
Schools, gyms and job training 3
- Menifee High School Gymnasium
This gym was built in 1938 with WPA money for the Conway County Training School, the school for Black students in the Menifee area.
- Plumerville School Building
This wood-frame building, a former Black Methodist church that served as the school for Plumerville's Black children, was remodeled by the WPA in 1939 as part of a round of improvements to the district's schools.
- Union Chapel School and Shop Building
This fieldstone school near Union Chapel carries a cornerstone reading "1937-38 W.P.A.
Housing and farm communities 1
Water, dams and utilities 2
Roads and bridges 3
CCC camps 2
Other public works 3
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