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December 11, 2009

Submitted by: Arkansas Historic Preservation Program

 

LITTLE ROCK—The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program nominated 34 properties in 27 Arkansas counties to the National Register of Historic Places when it met December 2, AHPP Director Frances McSwain announced today.

 

Properties to be considered for National Register nomination are:
* Phillips Apartments at Little Rock in Pulaski County, a ca. 1948 Minimal Traditional-style building
* Main Street Commercial Historic District at Little Rock in Pulaski County, containing buildings dating to 1900
* Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery at Little Rock in Pulaski County, with burials dating to ca. 1863
* Seed Warehouse #5 at Scott in Pulaski County, a 1948 agricultural building
* Malco Theater at Hot Springs in Garland County, a 1935 Art Deco-style building
* Taylor Field at Pine Bluff in Jefferson County, a 1939 baseball stadium built by the Works Progress Administration
* DeGray Creek Bridge near Arkadelphia in Clark County, a 1915 Pratt pony truss structure
* Middle Fork of the Little Red River Bridge near Shirley in Van Buren County, a 1908 Baltimore thru-truss structure
* DeWitt Commercial Historic District at DeWitt in Arkansas County, with buildings dating to 1905
* Miller Creek Bridge at Batesville in Independence County, a 1914 concrete structure
* Central Avenue Bridge at Batesville in Independence County, a 1930 open-spandrel concrete bridge
* North Sylamore Creek Bridge near Fifty-Six in Stone County, a 1931 Baltimore deck-truss bridge
* Petit Jean River Bridge near Ola in Yell County, a 1930 Pratt thru-truss structure
* Liberty Schoolhouse near Corley in Logan County, an 1897 Plain Traditional-style building
* Johnson County Line-Ozark-Crawford County Line Road, Altus Segment near Altus in Franklin County, a 1918 stone-surfaced highway
* Mountain Home Commercial Historic District at Mountain Home in Baxter County, with buildings dating to 1892
* Jasper Commercial Historic District at Jasper in Newton County, containing buildings dating to 1873
* Commandant’s House near Walnut Ridge in Lawrence County, a 1942 Colonial Revival-style residence
* Washington Street Historic District at Camden in Ouachita County, featuring buildings dating to 1847
* Southwest Proving Ground Building #5 near Hope in Hempstead County, built in 1941 as a fixed ammunition storage bunker
* Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Manager’s House at Trumann in Poinsett County, a 1935 Tudor Revival-style residence
* Wilson Power and Light Company Ice Plant at West Memphis in Crittenden County, a ca. 1930 industrial building
* Riverside Speedway at West Memphis in Crittenden County, a 1950 automobile-racing track
* First United Methodist Church at Crossett in Ashley County, a 1949 building with a John Parks Almand design combining the Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival styles
* Cross and Nelson Hall Historic District at Magnolia in Columbia County, with two buildings constructed in 1936 by the Public Works Administration
* Crooked Creek Bridge at Pyatt in Marion County, a 1923 closed-spandrel arch bridge
* McGehee Post Office at McGehee in Desha County, built in 1937 in the Colonial Revival style
* Lee Creek Bridge at Van Buren in Crawford County, an 1898 Pratt thru-truss bridge
* Old U.S. 64, Van Buren Segment at Van Buren in Crawford County, a two-lane concrete highway built in 1928
* Twelve Oaks at Harrison in Boone County, a 1922 building exhibiting the Craftsman and Colonial Revival styles of architecture
* Goff Farm Road Stone Bridge at Fayetteville in Washington County, a ca. 1860 masonry arch deck bridge
* Cane Hill Road Bridge near Prairie Grove in Washington County, a 1923 closed-spandrel, concrete-arch structure
* Beech Street Historic District at Texarkana in Miller County, with buildings dating to 1904
* Sanatarium Lake Bridges Historic District near Eureka Springs in Carroll County, with two stone bridges built in 1891.

 

The board also listed the Arthur Daniel Malone House at Plumerville in Conway County on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places. The Arkansas Register recognizes historically significant properties that do not meet the requirements of National Register listing.

For more information on the National Register of Historic Places program, write the AHPP at 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72201, call the agency at (501) 324-9880 [TDD 501-324-9811], send e-mail to info@arkansaspreservation.org or visit the AHPP’s Internet web site at www.arkansaspreservation.org.

The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency that identifies, evaluates, registers and preserves the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Delta Cultural Center, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.