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Boswell School

Boswell, Izard County

Photograph of Boswell School
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The WPA built this single-story fieldstone school at Boswell in the mid-1930s, with big bay windows and a small stage. Children studied here until the 1950s, when the district merged with Calico Rock's.

Kind of place
Schools, gyms and job training
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Where
Boswell, Izard County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.