DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Machine Shop

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DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Machine Shop
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LocationNorthwestern edge of DeQueen and Eastern RR yard, adjacent to AR 329, De Queen, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°2′8″N94°19′59″W / 34.03556°N 94.33306°W / 34.03556; -94.33306 Coordinates: 34°2′8″N94°19′59″W / 34.03556°N 94.33306°W / 34.03556; -94.33306
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Railroad Era Resources of Southwest Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 96000643 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 20, 1996

The DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Machine Shop is an historic railroad maintenance shop in De Queen, Arkansas. It is located on the northwest corner of the railyard of the De Queen and Eastern Railroad, near the corner of South Hughes Street and East Lockesburg Avenue. It is a tall and long single-story brick structure, with a monitor roof and modest Italianate styling. Built c. 1905, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings built by this particular railroad company, and is the only known period railroad shop building in the region. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Machine Shop". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-05.