Shady Lake Bathhouse
Mena, Polk County
The CCC's 742nd Company, the second CCC camp in Arkansas, started building the Shady Lake dam in 1935. Around 1940 they built this log bathhouse: two changing rooms joined by covered walkways to a concession stand. The camping and picnic area is still open in the Ouachita National Forest.
- Kind of place
- Parks and recreation
- Built by
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- When
- 1935 to 1940
- Where
- Mena, Polk County
- Still there?
- Not confirmed lately
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Sources
- Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Shady Lake CCC Bridges
- National Register of Historic Places nomination
- 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.