Dondy Building

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Dondy Building
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Location154 S. Third, Batesville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°46′14″N91°39′6″W / 35.77056°N 91.65167°W / 35.77056; -91.65167 Coordinates: 35°46′14″N91°39′6″W / 35.77056°N 91.65167°W / 35.77056; -91.65167
Arealess than one acre
Built1918 (1918)
ArchitectSanders, Theodore Sanders
MPS Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference No. 82000824 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1982

The Dondy Building is a historic commercial building at 154 South 3rd Street in Batesville, Arkansas. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of rusticated sandstone in a typical regional style. A portion of the second story is faced in red brick, providing contrast to the lighter sandstone trim elements at the corners and window surrounds. The windows have quoined sides and smooth stone lintels, and there is a band of smooth stone just below the flat roof. The building was designed by Theodore Sanders and built in 1918. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] It was demolished sometime before January 2019.

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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 Dondy Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-16.