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New Deal places in Lawrence County

6 New Deal places in Lawrence County are on the map. Schools, gyms and job training (4); Housing and farm communities (1); Water, dams and utilities (1). 3 have a full story with sources.

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Schools, gyms and job training 4

Home Economics School Building Portia, Lawrence County · National Youth Administration (NYA)
Portia's Home Economics and FFA building, a combined youth center and classroom built by the National Youth Administration in 1937 and 1938, has been called the best local example of the native-stone rustic style the WPA used across the Ozarks.
Smithville Public School Building Smithville, Lawrence County · Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Smithville was once the Lawrence County seat, but by the 1930s it had faded, and its school was an 1872 building enlarged over the years.
Old Portia Gymnasium Portia, Lawrence County · Works Progress Administration (WPA) · reported gone
Smith-Hughes Building Lawrence County

Housing and farm communities 1

Clover Bend Lawrence County · Resettlement Administration
In 1937 the federal government bought the old Clover Bend plantation on the Black River and divided it into 86 to 88 family farms for white tenant farmers, most around 45 acres.

Water, dams and utilities 1

Well house, Lawrence County Lawrence County

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