Cold Springs School

Marion County

This little Craftsman-style school in Cold Spring Hollow, inside the Buffalo National River area, was built around 1935 with WPA help. Hepsey was remote: in 1926 an 18-year-old teacher poled herself across the Buffalo twice a day to get to class.

Kind of place: Schools, gyms and job training
Built by: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When: About 1935
Where: Marion County
Still there?: Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Cold Springs School
Inventory source for this place

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