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+1⁄2-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]
Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building--Arkansas Tech University | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | E of N. El Paso St., Russellville, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°17′34″N 93°8′5″W / 35.29278°N 93.13472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built by | Federal 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 NRHP | September 18, 1992 |
The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Girls' Domestic Science and Arts Building-Arkansas Tech University". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ^ "History of Arkansas Tech University" (PDF). Arkansas Tech University. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ^ a b c Silva, Rachael (Winter 2009). "Arkansas Listings in the National Register of Historic Places". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 68 (4).
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