CCC Company 3767 Powder Magazine

 arsenal / weapon and ammunition storage, explosives, abandoned / shut down, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic former powder magazine storage complex listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Built: 1935-1936
Areas of significance: Conservation; Social History
Area: about 6 acres
Date added to NRHP: 3/30/2007
Other designations: U.S. Historic District; part of the Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas Multiple Property Submission
Notes: This abandoned powder magazine complex consists of a 9' by 7' building used to store powder, as well as a small 4' by 4' structure that was used to store blasting caps. The structure was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1942. The program provided work for unmarried, unemployed men who were struggling to find work during the Great Depression.