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New Deal places in Garland County
23 New Deal places in Garland County are on the map. Parks and recreation (10); Courthouses, post offices and city halls (1); Schools, gyms and job training (2); Libraries, armories and community buildings (1); Water, dams and utilities (4); Forests, fire towers and conservation (2); CCC camps (3). 10 have a full story with sources.
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Parks and recreation 10
- Charlton Bathhouse
Men of the CCC's 741st Company, camped nearby at Crystal Springs, built this stone bathhouse around 1938 for a small public swimming and picnic area in the Ouachita National Forest.
- Iron Springs Shelter No. 1
The CCC's 3767th Company built this log picnic shelter on Highway 7 north of Jessieville around 1933, the Corps' first year.
- Iron Springs Shelter No. 2
The second of the two log picnic shelters the CCC's 3767th Company built at Iron Springs on Highway 7 around 1933, along with a small dam for swimming.
- Camp Clearfork buildings
- Camp Clearfork Cabin 5
- Camp Clearfork Caretaker's House
- Camp Clearfork DeSoto Hall
- Camp Clearfork Men's Restrooms/Bath
- Camp Clearfork Shawnee
- Iron Springs Shelters 1 and 2
Courthouses, post offices and city halls 1
- Courthouse Repairs
The Civil Works Administration made repairs to the Garland County Courthouse in Hot Springs.
Schools, gyms and job training 2
- Army-Navy Hospital improvements
The WPA ran several projects at the old Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs, building and repairing quarters, buildings, telephone lines and utilities for the War Department.
- Jessieville High School
The WPA built Jessieville's "Rock School" on land donated by the Forest Service, finished July 19, 1936, in time for 180 students.
Libraries, armories and community buildings 1
- Hot Springs Armory
This Art Deco armory on Woodbine Street was built in 1937 and 1938 with WPA help, one of 17 armories in Arkansas's statewide National Guard building program, most of them in a restrained Art Deco style.
Water, dams and utilities 4
- Charlton Spillway--Dam
CCC Company 741, camped nearby at Crystal Springs, built this spillway dam around 1938 to make a swimming hole at Charlton, next to the CCC bathhouse.
- Iron Springs Dam and Shelters
CCC men of the 3767th Company built a small dam and two log picnic shelters at Iron Springs on Highway 7 around 1933, making a roadside spot to swim and picnic.
- Camp Clearfork Dam
- Iron Springs Dam
Forests, fire towers and conservation 2
- Ouachita National Forest
CCC Company 741, camped at nearby Crystal Springs, built the Camp Clearfork recreation area around 1935, the year the CCC began building recreation areas in earnest in the Ouachita National Forest.
- Forest Service Headquarters buildings
CCC camps 3
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