Malvern is a city in and the county seat of Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States. Founded as a railroad stop at the eastern edge of the Ouachita Mountains, the community's history and economy have been tied to available agricultural and mineral resources. The production of bricks from locally available clay has earned the city the nickname, "The Brick Capital of the World". The city had a population of 10,318 at the time of the 2010 census, and in 2019 the estimated population was 10,931.
The Eureka Springs Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Its boundaries are those of the city of Eureka Springs, Arkansas at the time of its listing, specifically augmented in 1979 to include its historic railroad depot. Much of the city was developed between 1880 and 1910, when the area was the center of resort activity taking advantage of the many natural springs in the area. About 20% of the city's buildings were built in the 1890s and have a significant element of either Queen Anne or Second Empire styling, while its commercial buildings tend to have Romanesque and Italianate details. The city is one of the best-preserved turn-of-the-century resort communities in the region.
The Taylor Building is a historic commercial building at 304 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a three-story masonry structure, built out of load-bearing brick with limestone trim. Its facade has a commercial storefront on the ground floor, and three windows on the upper floors, articulated by two-story columns rising to limestone capitals and finely crafted Romanesque arches. Built in 1897, it is a rare surviving example of 19th-century commercial architecture in the city.
The Benton County Courthouse is a courthouse in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Benton County, built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The courthouse was built in the Classic Revival style by Albert O. Clark and anchors the east side of the Bentonville Town Square.
The Fordyce Home Accident Ins. Co. is a historic building at 300 North Main Street in downtown Fordyce, Arkansas. It was designed by architect Charles L. Thompson in Classical Revival and Romanesque styles and built in 1908. The two-story building occupies a prominent position in Fordyce's downtown area, standing out because of its corner tower, capped by a terra cotta finial.
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic church at 519 W. Page St. in Malvern, Arkansas. The African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Malvern was founded in 1894 as St. Luke's African Methodist Episcopal Church. The congregation began plans for a new church building in 1916; the new building was designed by Alfred W. Woods in the Gothic Revival style. The church was completed in 1920. The congregation no longer used the building as a church, but the building was still considered an important landmark in the history of Malvern's African-American community.
The Desha County Courthouse, on Robert S. Moore Avenue in Arkansas City, Arkansas, is the county seat of Desha County. The 2+1⁄2-story Romanesque Revival brick building was built in 1900 to a design by Little Rock architect Rome Harding. Its most distinctive feature is its four-story square tower, which features doubled rectangular windows on the first level, a round-arch window on the second, an open round arch on the third, and clock faces on the fourth level. The tower is topped by a pyramidal roof with finial.
The Brundidge Building is a historic commercial building on West Second Street in the commercial heart of Hope, Arkansas. The 2+1⁄2-story brick building was erected in 1893 by J. P. Brundidge and is the city's best example of Romanesque Revival architecture. Its main facade is divided into four bays. The rightmost bay projects slightly and is decorated at its corners with small turrets which flank a gable front. This gable has a bank of windows in it consisting of paired sash windows flanking a segmented-arch window.
The First National Bank is a historic commercial building at 109 East University Street in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, trimmed in stone. Its ground floor is recessed in an arcade supported by square posts, and is separated from the second floor by a stone belt course. The upper floor windows have round stone arches, with two narrow bays projecting slightly. The cornice has corbelled brickwork, and is topped in a few places by stone caps. The building is Siloam Springs' only significant example of Romanesque Revival architecture.
The St. Mary's Catholic Church is a historic church building at 301 W. Highland in Paragould, Arkansas. It was designed early in the career of Charles Eames, and is one of only two known church designs of his in Arkansas, the other being St. Mary's, Helena. Built in 1935, it is stylistically a modern reinterpretation of Romanesque Revival architecture. The congregation was organized in 1883; this is its second sanctuary.
The Siloam Springs Downtown Historic District encompasses the historic downtown area of Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The district is roughly bounded by University Street, Broadway, and Sager Creek, with a few buildings on adjacent streets outside this triangular area. This business district was developed mainly between about 1896, when the railroad arrived, and 1940, and contains a significant number of buildings dating to that period. It also includes Siloam Springs City Park, the location of the springs that gave the city its name. Notable buildings include the First National Bank building, a c. 1890 Romanesque Revival building, and the c. 1881 Lakeside Hotel, which is one of the city's oldest commercial buildings.
The Farmers Bank Building is a historic commercial building at Main and Walnut Streets in Leslie, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure, with its entrance angled at the street corner. The main facade is three bays wide, all with round arches trimmed in limestone. Built about 1910, this Romanesque Revival building house the Farmers Bank until it failed in the 1930s, and then the local post office for a time.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank is a historic commercial building on Main Street, facing the courthouse square, in Mountain View, Arkansas. It is a two-story stone structure, with a flat roof obscured by a parapet. Built out of rusticated stone, it has vernacular Romanesque styling in its rounded window and door openings on the first floor, and its crenellations at the top of the parapet. It was built in 1910, during the city's first major period of stone construction, by Bill Laroe, who also built the Stone County Courthouse.
The Hot Spring County Courthouse is located at 210 Locust Street in Malvern, the county seat of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It is a 2+1⁄2-story frame structure, its exterior clad in brick. It is an H-shaped structure, with slightly projecting end wings and a central connecting section, where the main entrance is located. The bays of the central section are articulated by brick pilasters, with the building otherwise exhibiting a restrained Art Deco styling. The building was designed by Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson, and was built in 1936. It is the only significant example of Art Deco architecture in the county.
The Hot Springs Railroad Roundhouse is a historic railroad roundhouse at 132 Front Street in Malvern, Arkansas. Built in 1887, it is the last known surviving substantially intact roundhouse in the state. It has brick walls and a granite foundation, and houses five stalls. It was built by the Hot Springs Railroad as a service facility for its locomotives, and was used in that capacity until 1904. It has since seen use as a warehouse and manufacturing facility.
The Lawyers' Row Historic District encompasses a group of four commercial office buildings on West 2nd Street in Malvern, Arkansas. The four buildings, joined by party walls, are all single-story masonry structures, built between 1910 and 1920, with awnings across the front, and a raised parapete with decorative panels above the awning. These buildings were all built to house law offices, giving the area its name. Most of the lawyers had moved out by 2000.
The Malvern Rosenwald School is a historic school building at 836 Acme Street in Malvern, Arkansas. It is a T-shaped single-story brick building, with a gable roof over its original main section. A gable-roofed entry is centered on the eastern facade. Additions extend the original block to the left of the entrance, the last one with a flat roof. The school was built in 1929 with funding assistance from the Rosenwald Fund, but did not follow a standard Rosenwald plan. It first served African-American students in grades 1–9, but was gradually expanded to include high school students. The high school students were reassigned to a new school in 1952, after which it became the Tuggle Elementary School. Both schools were closed around the time that Malvern's schools were integrated, in 1970.
The Woodmen of Union Building is a historic commercial building at 501 Malvern Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a four-story structure, built mainly out of brick and ceramic blocks, although its southeastern section has upper levels with wood framing and finishing. Its main facade has an elaborate projecting entrance portico, with the entrance set in an elliptical-arch opening supported by fluted pilasters. The interior retains significant original features, including a bank vault, marble wainscoting, and a 2,500-seat auditorium. It was built in 1923-24 for the Supreme Lodge of the Woodmen of Union, an African-American social organization, which operated it as a multifunction bathhouse, hotel, hospital, bank, and performance venue. It was purchased in 1950 by the National Baptist Association.
The Malvern Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of Malvern, Arkansas. The 10-acre (4.0 ha) district extends along three blocks of South Main Street, between 2nd and 5th Streets. This area was mostly developed after fires devastated the city's downtown in 1896 and 1897, and before 1925, and includes Malvern City Hall. Most of the historic buildings are one and two-story brick buildings in commercial styles of the period.
The Fulk Building is a historic commercial building at 300 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a three-story brick Romanesque Revival building, with commercial storefronts on the ground floor, and two-story round-arch bays on the upper levels. Built about 1900 for attorney and landowner Francis Fulk, it typifies buildings that lined Main Street around the turn of the 20th century, and is one of its better examples of Romanesque architecture.
