Stonehouse Chaffee Crossing

 restaurant, steakhouse, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, commercial building, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic former schoolhouse (now a steakhouse restaurant) listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1937
Architect: Works Progress Administration
Alterations: rear patio added in 1943; north addition in 2015 during conversion to restaurant
Architectural style: Plain Traditional
Areas of significance: Architecture; Education; Military
Area: 5.21 acres
Also known as: Maness Schoolhouse (historic name)
Date added to NRHP: 5/29/2003
Notes: This building was constructed by the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that operated between 1935 and 1943. The program provided work for unemployed people who were struggling to find jobs during the Great Depression. It was the only structure not demolished when the U.S. military bought 72,000 acres for the purpose of building Fort Chaffee in 1941. The 1943 patio behind the schoolhouse was constructed by German Prisoners of War.

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