Powder Magazine (Blue Ball, Arkansas)
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Nearest cityBlue Ball, Arkansas
Coordinates35°0′8″N 93°43′7″W / 35.00222°N 93.71861°W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1935
Powder Magazine | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Blue Ball, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°0′8″N 93°43′7″W / 35.00222°N 93.71861°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1935 |
| Built by | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| MPS | Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 93001096[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 20, 1993 |
The Powder Magazine is a surviving structure of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp of the 1707th Company. Located in Ouachita National Forest in the northeast corner of Scott County, Arkansas, it is a small stone and concrete structure about 4 by 3 feet (1.22 m × 0.91 m) and between 3 and 4-1/2 feet in height. It is located about 50 yards (46 m) south of the T-shaped junction of two forest roads (designated #96 and #99) in 1993) on top of a ridge above Dutch Creek. The structure was built to house the camp's explosives, which were typically used by the camp crew for road and bridge building projects.[2]
The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
