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New Deal places in Scott County
12 New Deal places in Scott County are on the map. Courthouses, post offices and city halls (2); Schools, gyms and job training (3); Roads and bridges (2); Forests, fire towers and conservation (2); CCC camps (2); Other public works (1). 5 have a full story with sources.
Courthouses, post offices and city halls 2
- Old Scott County Courthouse
After fire destroyed Scott County's courthouse in 1933, voters approved a tax and the federal government paid for the labor on this Art Deco replacement on the Waldron square, built in 1934.
- Old Scott County Jail
This stone jail in Waldron was built in 1908 and emptied in 1935, when the new courthouse put the jail on its third floor.
Schools, gyms and job training 3
- Parks School House
Parks built this stone schoolhouse in 1940 with WPA help, at a time when hard times were driving families out of the area.
- Waldron School Historic District
Two WPA buildings from the late 1930s stand on Waldron's school campus at West 5th and Cedar: the home economics building, named for local businessman C.
- Home Economics Cottage
Roads and bridges 2
- Road Paving, Mansfield
A big WPA road program paved the main street of every town in Sebastian County, something no other Arkansas county could claim at the time.
- Broadway Street Bridge
Forests, fire towers and conservation 2
CCC camps 2
Other public works 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