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War Memorial Park

Little Rock, Pulaski County

WPA workers built War Memorial Park's original zoo buildings, golf clubhouse, bathhouse and swimming pool in the 1930s, and probably its stone walls and the 1940 bridge on Club House Drive.

Kind of place
Parks and recreation
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When
About 1940
Where
Little Rock, Pulaski 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.