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Smithville Public School Building

Smithville, Lawrence County

Photograph of Smithville Public School Building
Photo: Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

Smithville was once the Lawrence County seat, but by the 1930s it had faded, and its school was an 1872 building enlarged over the years. The WPA built this T-shaped school to replace it in 1936.

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