Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building

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Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building--Arkansas Tech University
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LocationE of N. El Paso St., Russellville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°17′34″N93°8′5″W / 35.29278°N 93.13472°W / 35.29278; -93.13472 Coordinates: 35°17′34″N93°8′5″W / 35.29278°N 93.13472°W / 35.29278; -93.13472
Arealess than one acre
Built byFederal Emergency Administration
Architectural style Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Plain Traditional
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001212 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1992

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 2+12-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. [2] It was built in 1913 and extensively renovated in 1935. [3] [4] It is now known as the Old Art Building. [4] The Public Works Administration provided funds for school construction in January 1934, of which $7,500 was allocated for renovating this building. [4]

The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building-Arkansas Tech University". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. "History of Arkansas Tech University" (PDF). Arkansas Tech University. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  4. 1 2 3 Silva, Rachael (Winter 2009). "Arkansas Listings in the National Register of Historic Places". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 68 (4).