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Old Burdette School

Burdette, Mississippi County

The WPA built this red-brick English Revival school in Burdette in 1939, with two wings joined by an auditorium. When it closed in 2001, some classrooms still had their original desks.

Kind of place: Schools, gyms and job training
Built by: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When: About 1939
Where: Burdette, Mississippi County
Still there?: Not confirmed lately

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Living New Deal: Burdette School (former) - Burdette AR

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