Beely-Johnson American Legion Post 139

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Beely-Johnson American Legion Post 139
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Location in United States
Location200 N. Spring St., Springdale, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°11′11″N94°7′47″W / 36.18639°N 94.12972°W / 36.18639; -94.12972
Arealess than one acre
Built1934
MPS New Deal Recovery Efforts in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 07000474 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 30, 2007

The Beely-Johnson American Legion Post 139 is a historic meeting hall at 200 North Spring Street in Springdale, Arkansas. It is a single-story vernacular structure, built out of rough-cut stone laid in irregular courses, and topped by a gable roof. The building is one of the few remaining stone buildings on Springdale. It was built in 1934 with locally raised funding after a grant proposal to the Civil Works Administration, a federal government jobs program, was rejected. The building has served as a meeting point for a large number of local civic organizations, and has been used as a polling place. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 for its architecture and role in the area's social history. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Beely-Johnson American Legion Post 139" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-18.