Caraway Hall-Arkansas Tech University | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | N. Arkansas St., campus of Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°17′33″N93°8′2″W / 35.29250°N 93.13389°W |
Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
Built | 1934 |
Built by | Federal Emergency Administration |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 92001213 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 10, 1992 |
Caraway Hall is a historic dormitory building on the campus of Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas, U.S. It is a brick building with Colonial Revival styling, built in 1934 with funding from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, later known as the Public Works Administration. It is roughly H-shaped, with a central three-story section with a gabled roof and end chimneys, which is flanked by two-story flat-roofed wings, one longer than the other. [2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]
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