Fifth Avenue Historic District (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)

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Pine Bluff Fifth Avenue Historic District
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Location5th Ave., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°13′30″N92°0′27″W / 34.22500°N 92.00750°W / 34.22500; -92.00750
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built1886 (1886)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne, Prairie;Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 80000777 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1980

The Pine Bluff Fifth Avenue Historic District encompasses a small neighborhood of high quality homes, most of them built before 1915. It includes 3-1/2 blocks of Fifth Avenue, the matching section of Fourth Avenue, and houses on the connecting streets. The area was home to main of Pine Bluff's political and business elites from the late 19th century onward, and includes a number the city's finest Queen Anne Victorian houses. [2]

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The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [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 Pine Bluff Fifth Avenue Historic District". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 4, 2015.