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New Deal places in Van Buren County
8 New Deal places in Van Buren County are on the map. Courthouses, post offices and city halls (1); Schools, gyms and job training (2); Roads and bridges (3); CCC camps (2). 5 have a full story with sources.
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Courthouses, post offices and city halls 1
- Van Buren County Courthouse
Native-stone courthouse with PWA financing reported in its project-specific history.
Schools, gyms and job training 2
- South Side High School Sign
In 1937, young National Youth Administration workers set these big stones to mark the South Side high school near Bee Branch.
- Damascus Gymnasium
Roads and bridges 3
- Batesville Creek Bridge
This 141-foot bridge on North Broadview Street south of Damascus was built in 1940.
- Gulf Mountain Road Bridge (demolished)
The WPA built a bridge here in 1940 to carry Gulf Mountain Road over a creek in Scotland.
- Van Buren County Road 2E Bridge
This three-span concrete bridge on stone supports crosses a branch of Driver's Creek near Scotland.
CCC camps 2
- Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District
Not much is left of CCC Company 3781's camp at Damascus, set up in 1935: a stone entry arch from 1936, a well from 1935 and one more stone structure mark the site.
- Camp Damascus (CCC camp SCS-5)
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