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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1941/06/04 The War Department informs Governor Homer Adkins and Congressman David D Terry that a $33,000,000 fuse and detonator plant has been approved for immediate construction.
1942/03/04 Ford, Bacon and Davis Co Architect The first assembly line is completed. The contract to design, construct, and operate the plant, as well as train key personnel, was awarded to Ford, Bacon and Davis. More lines will be all operational by June of 1942.
1942/11/22 On November 22, production at the Arkansas Ordnance Plant peaks with 14,092 workers making fuses, boosters, detonators and primers.
1943/08/00 By August 1943, 12,686 employees are employed at AOP, about 75 percent of the production line workers are women, known as WOWs (women ordnance workers).

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Particulars for Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Military
Historic Use Military facility
Attribute Moved property
Other Description Plain Traditional
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 20th September 2006

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Arkansas Ordnance Plant Guard House
Registry Address: 100 Veteran's Circle
Registry Number: 06000831
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Ford, Bacon and Davis Inc.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Plain Traditional
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Military, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Moved property
Significant Year: 1941, 1945
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Military facility
Current Function: Work in progress
Current Sub-Function:

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