Guy Home Economics Building

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Location AR 25, Guy, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°19′25″N92°19′22″W / 35.32361°N 92.32278°W / 35.32361; -92.32278 Coordinates: 35°19′25″N92°19′22″W / 35.32361°N 92.32278°W / 35.32361; -92.32278
Arealess than one acre
Built by Works Progress Administration
Architectural style Bungalow/American craftsman
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001197 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1992

The Guy Home Economics Building is a historic school building on the campus of the Guy-Perkins School District, east of Guy, Arkansas. It is a single story stone structure, with a gabled roof that features exposed rafter ends and large Craftsman brackets at the gable ends. A single-story gabled porch, with an arched opening, shelters the main entrance. It was built in 1936 with funding support from the Works Progress Administration. [2]

The building was listed on the 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 Guy Home Economics Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-17.