Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building explained

Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building--Arkansas Tech University
Coordinates:35.2928°N -93.1347°W
Builder:Federal Emergency Administration
Architecture:Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Plain Traditional
Added:September 18, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:92001212

The Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building is an academic building on the campus of the Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas. 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.[1] It was built in 1913 and extensively renovated in 1935.[2] [3] It is now known as the Old Art Building. The Public Works Administration 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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building-Arkansas Tech University. Arkansas Preservation. 2016-04-18.
  2. Web site: History of Arkansas Tech University. 2011-11-25. Arkansas Tech University.
  3. Arkansas Listings in the National Register of Historic Places. Rachael. Silva. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 68. 4. Winter 2009.