The Aggie Workshop is a historic former school building on Marion County Road 5010 in

Bruno, Arkansas Bruno is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location of five places listed on the National Register of Historic Places: *Aggie Hall, on County Road 9 *Aggie Workshop, AR 235 Spur *Bruno School Buildi ...

. It is a single-story L-shaped structure, built out of local stone and topped by a

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exposed

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tails. The

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-approved building was built in 1935 by the Lincoln Aggie Club and was used as a

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stone and cement workshop, as part of the local Bruno Agricultural School. A cement swimming pool, contemporaneous to the building's construction, is located in the crook of the L. The building was listed on the

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in 1992, at which time it was used for storage. It is located just north of

Aggie Hall Aggie Hall is a historic former gymnasium in Bruno, Arkansas, a short way south of Arkansas Highway 235. It is a single-story stone structure, topped by a hip roof which has a clerestory section (also hip-roofed) at its center. The clerestory is ...

Lincoln Aggie Club

The Lincoln Aggie Club was organized in 1923 by a local teacher. It later became a chapter of the

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, the oldest chapter in Arkansas and one of the oldest in the nation (Arkansas was the second state to get an FFA charter, after Virginia.). The members of the club built a workshop, Aggie Hall (a community recreation center), and Aggie Workshop.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Arkansas Education in Marion County, Arkansas 1935 establishments in Arkansas School buildings completed in 1935 Works Progress Administration in Arkansas Vocational education in the United States Bungalow architecture in Arkansas American Craftsman architecture in Arkansas National FFA Organization {{MarionCountyAR-NRHP-stub

Lincoln Aggie Club

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