The Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building is an academic building on the campus of the Arkansas Tech University in

Russellville, Arkansas Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a 2021 estimated population of 29,338. It is home to Arkansas Tech University. Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant is nearby. Rus ...

. It is a -story masonry building, with a tile hip roof, and walls finished in brick and stone. The roof is pierced by hip-roofed dormers on both the long and short sides. It was built in 1913 and extensively renovated in 1935. It is now known as the Old Art Building. The

Public Works Administration The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recove ...

provided funds for school construction in January 1934, of which $7,500 was allocated for renovating this building. The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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Arkansas Tech University School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures in Russellville, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Pope County, Arkansas Home economics education School buildings completed in 1913 1913 establishments in Arkansas Works Progress Administration in Arkansas History of women in Arkansas {{PopeCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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