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Overstreet Hall – Southern Arkansas University

Columbia County

The WPA put $187,000 into this three-story Colonial Revival building at what was then Magnolia A&M College, built between 1941 and 1943. It held classrooms and labs for chemistry, physics, biology and dairy science. The same campus has the NYA's Greek Theater and two PWA buildings, Cross Hall and Nelson Hall.

Kind of place
Schools, gyms and job training
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When
1941 to 1943
Where
Columbia 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.