The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will bring its “Walks Through History” tour to Arkansas Tech University in Russellville on Saturday, June 10.
The event will begin at 11 a.m. at Caraway Hall, which is located on the ATU campus at 1403 N. Arkansas Ave. The tour is co-sponsored by Arkansas Tech University and the Pope County Historical Association.
Opened in March 1935, Caraway Hall has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992. It was named in memory of Sen. Thaddeus Caraway. His widow, Sen. Hattie Caraway, spoke at the dedication of the building in October 1935.
Almost eight decades later, a $528,000 interior renovation in 2014 transformed Caraway Hall into a sorority house for four National Panhellenic Conference organizations at Arkansas Tech — Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Zeta, Phi Mu and Zeta Tau Alpha.
Caraway Hall is one of six structures on the ATU campus in Russellville listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The others are Browning Hall, Hughes Hall, the Techionery, Williamson Hall and Wilson Hall.
