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The Crowley's Ridge State Park Dining Hall is a historic recreational facility in
Crowley's Ridge State Park Crowley's Ridge State Park is a Arkansas state park in Greene County, Arkansas in the United States atop Crowley's Ridge. Located on the former homesite of pioneer Benjamin Crowley, the park contains many excellent examples of the work done by ...
, located in
Greene County, Arkansas Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,090. The county seat is Paragould, which sits atop Crowley's Ridge. Greene County is included in Jonesboro–Paragould Combined St ...
. Located in the employee area of the park, it is a single-story log structure, built on a fieldstone foundation, and is covered with a gable roof. It was intended to serve as a kitchen and dining venue serving both park visitors and staff. It was built by a crew from the
Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
, and is an excellent local example of the Rustic style architecture popularized by the CCC. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1992.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Arkan ...


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Buildings and structures in Greene County, Arkansas Crowley's Ridge Government buildings completed in 1935 Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Arkansas 1935 establishments in Arkansas Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas Rustic architecture in Arkansas {{GreeneCountyAR-NRHP-stub