Faucette Building

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Location4th and Main Sts., North Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°45′26″N92°16′1″W / 34.75722°N 92.26694°W / 34.75722; -92.26694 Coordinates: 34°45′26″N92°16′1″W / 34.75722°N 92.26694°W / 34.75722; -92.26694
Arealess than one acre
Built1891 (1891)
Part of Argenta Historic District (ID93000094)
NRHP reference No. 78000628 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1978
Designated CPMarch 15, 1993

The Faucette Building is a historic commercial building at 4th and Main Streets in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story masonry structure, with three storefronts, and a false parapet above the second floor. It was built in 1890 by William Faucette, one of the leading citizens of the unincorporated area of Argenta. The area was annexed to Little Rock in the 1890s, and it was Faucette who engineered the formation of North Little Rock in the early 20th century. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It is also a contributing property to the commercial section of the Argenta Historic District.

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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 Faucette Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-23.