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Jessieville High School

Jessieville, Garland County

The WPA built Jessieville's "Rock School" on land donated by the Forest Service, finished July 19, 1936, in time for 180 students. The district paid $6,092; the WPA paid for the labor and part of the materials.

Kind of place
Schools, gyms and job training
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When
About 1936
Where
Jessieville, Garland 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.