J.C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed

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J. C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed
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Nearest city Providence, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°23′57″N91°38′53″W / 35.39917°N 91.64806°W / 35.39917; -91.64806 Coordinates: 35°23′57″N91°38′53″W / 35.39917°N 91.64806°W / 35.39917; -91.64806
Arealess than one acre
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001343 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 23, 1992

The J. C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed was a strawberry packing house in rural northern White County, Arkansas. It was located on the south side of Graham Road near its junction with Fuller Road, northeast of Providence. It was a single-story wood frame structure, in the shape of a long rectangle divided into six bays, capped by a gable roof and set on concrete piers. Built about 1939, it was noted for a distinctive floor plan, apparently designed to facilitate the movement of workers through the building. [2]

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database.

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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 J.C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-30.