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Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District

Coordinates: 35°22′19″N 92°23′32″W / 35.37194°N 92.39222°W / 35.37194; -92.39222
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Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District
Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District is located in Arkansas
Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District
Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District is located in the United States
Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District
LocationCamp Hill Rd., Damascus, Arkansas
Coordinates35°22′19″N 92°23′32″W / 35.37194°N 92.39222°W / 35.37194; -92.39222
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1935 (1935)
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleRustic
MPSFacilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.02001631[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 2002

The Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 was a Civilian Conservation Corps encampment on Camp Hill Road in Damascus, Arkansas. Today, only three elements of the camp infrastructure survive: a large two-span stone arch that originally marked the camp entrance, a smaller arch that was used as a notice board, and a well. All were built in 1935 or 1936. At the center of the original camp property is a single-story brick ranch house, built in 1951 by the regionally noted stonemason Silas Owens, Sr.[2]

The camp site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved April 4, 2016.