J. C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed | |
Nearest city | Providence, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°23′57″N91°38′53″W / 35.39917°N 91.64806°W Coordinates: 35°23′57″N91°38′53″W / 35.39917°N 91.64806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
MPS | White County MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 91001343 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 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]
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.
The Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District is a U.S. historic district located at 5707 Lake Winona Road in DeLeon Springs, Florida in Volusia County. It contains 12 historic buildings and 3 structures. The packing house is in a state of abandoned decay and has not been operation since 1983.
U.S. Route 64 is a U.S. highway running from Teec Nos Pos, Arizona east to Nags Head, North Carolina. In the U.S. state of Arkansas, the route runs 246.35 miles (396.46 km) from the Oklahoma border in Fort Smith east to the Tennessee border in Memphis. The route passes through several cities and towns, including Fort Smith, Clarksville, Russellville, Conway, Searcy, and West Memphis. US 64 runs parallel to Interstate 40 until Conway, when I-40 takes a more southerly route.
Providence is an unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas, United States.
The Bluff Springs Church and School is a historic dual-purpose building in rural northwestern Stone County, Arkansas. It is located west of Onia, near the junction of county roads 136 and 140. It is a rectangular box-constructed structure, topped by a gable roof with a small belfry on top. It is covered with weatherboard siding and rests on stone foundation. The south-facing front has a pair of entrances, symmetrically placed, and there is a shed-roof addition to the north end. Built in 1900, it is one of the oldest school buildings in the county.
The Gravel Hill Baptist Church was a historic church on Gravel Hill Road in rural western White County, Arkansas, United States of America. It was located on Gravel Hill Road in the community of Gravel Hill, south of County Road 26 and west of Searcy. It was a single-story fieldstone structure, built in the Rustic or National Park style. It had a front-facing gable roof, with exposed rafter ends in the Craftsman style, and had a gable roofed entrance porch. The church was built in 1935, and was the only building of its type in the area.
The C. E. Thompson General Store and House is a historic property at 3100 Hollywood Road in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Its principal structure is a single-story wood-frame with a gable roof, which was built in 1936 and served as a residence for the Thompson family and as a general store until it closed in the 1980s. It is the only Craftsman-style general store building in Arkadelphia. The building currently houses Allen's Barbeque, a local barbeque restaurant. The property includes other historically significant buildings, including a garage, wellhouse, privy, shed, smokehouse, and barn.
The Swift Building is a historic commercial building at 410 East Broad Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, with a distinctive brick parapet topped by cast concrete. The main facade has a central doorway, with a series of three sash windows on the right and a recessed loading bay on the left. The building was built c. 1920 by the Swift Meat Company, and is a well-preserved example of a meat packing facility from the period, and a good example of vernacular commercial architecture.
The Wittsburg Store and Gas Station is a historic retail establishment on Cross County Road 637 in Wittsburg, Arkansas. It is the only commercial building in the community. Built c. 1930, it is a single-story wood frame structure with a gable roof and a false front. A shed-roof porch extends across the front, supported by for square posts. The main entrance is centered, flanked by sash windows. A gable-roofed section extends from the rear of the building, providing residential space for the shop, which occupies the main block. The building also features a concrete storm cellar, and there is a period gas pump to the building's southeast. The store operated from the 1930s to the 1980s, and is a reminder of Wittsburg's former status as a significant river town.
The Blunt House Livestock Barn is a historic barn in rural White County, Arkansas. It is located on the north side of County Road 94, west of the hamlet of Midway. It is a wood frame structure 1-1/2 stories in height, with a gambrel roof and a shed-roof ha storage extension to the east. It is finished in board-and-batten siding; its roof is corrugated metal. Built c. 1920, it is the county's best example of barns built between about 1914 and 1939. The barn is somewhat rare, as gambrel roofs were not commonly used in barn construction in the county before 1930.
The Childers Farmstead is a historic farm property in rural southern White County, Arkansas. It is located south of McRae, near the junction of Bowman and Rip Kirk Roads. The farmstead includes three buildings: the main house, a large barn, and a small "Delco house", originally built to house electricity generation equipment provided by Delco Electronics. The main house is a vernacular single story wood frame structure, with a hip roof and a shed-roof porch extending across its main (northern) facade. That facade is symmetrically arranged, with Craftsman-style windows on either side of the entrance, which is flanked by half-length sidelights. The house was built about 1925, and is an unusual example of a retro version of Greek Revival architecture with Craftsman features. It was torn down in 2020.
The Joe Emmer House was a historic house in rural northern White County, Arkansas. It was located on County Road 47, northwest of the Holly Springs Church. It was a single-story single-pen log structure, with a side gable roof and a shed-roof porch across the front. The logs were hand-hewn and joined by dovetailed notches. A frame addition extended the building to the west. The house was built c. 1890, and was one of about thirty such houses remaining in the county.
The Thomas Jefferson Hale General Merchandise Store is a historic commercial building in rural south-central White County, Arkansas. It is located south of Searcy, at the southwest corner of the junction of County Roads 62 and 433, known locally as Vinity Corner. It is a single-story wood frame structure, finished with sheet metal siding, instead of brick that was more typically used for commercial construction. Its front faces east, with three fixed windows flanking a double-door entry, and a shed-roof porch extending across its width. It was built about 1925, when the area was more prosperous than it is now, and is its only surviving commercial remnant.
The Louis N. Hilger Homestead/Livestock Barn is a historic barn in rural northern White County, Arkansas. It is located on the south side of County Road 374, west of Providence. It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gambrel roof, board-and-batten siding, and a concrete foundation. It has a transverse crib layout, with a livestock shed extending along one side. It has two shed-roof dormers on the east side, providing light to the interior. It was built in 1939 to house mules used as draught animals for the Hilger dairy operation, and is distinctive within the county for its use of dormers and its extraordinary height, made possible by its braced-frame construction.
The Hill Farm is a historic farmhouse in rural White County, Arkansas. It is located on the east side of County Road 6, just southwest of the Beebe city limits. It is a single story wood frame structure, with a side gable roof, and a porch across the front and rear with a shed roof supported by square box columns. Built in 1928, it is a well-preserved example of a Craftsman house in a rural setting.
The Stanley Simpson Farmstead Picking Shed is a historic farm outbuilding in rural northern White County, Arkansas. It is located off Pond Road west of Arkansas Highway 157, north of Judsonia and the hamlet of Providence. It is a small single story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof, vertical board siding, and a foundation that consists of long wooden sled runners. Probably built sometime between 1914 and 1939, it is the only known example in the county of a mobile strawberry picking and packing shed, designed to be moved around strawberry fields by horse at harvest time.
The Thomas House is a historic house in rural White County, Arkansas. It is located northwest of Searcy, set well back on the west side of Baugh Road between Panther Creek and Smith Roads, sheltered by a copse of trees. It is a single story wood frame structure, with T-shaped plan topped by a gabled roof, an exterior of novelty siding, and a foundation of brick piers. A porch extends across part of its east side, its shed roof supported by square posts. It was built about 1905, and is one of the county's best-preserved rural houses of the period.
The Walls Farm Barn and Corn Crib were historic farm outbuildings in rural southern Lonoke County, Arkansas. The barn was a two-story gable-roofed structure, with a broad central hall and a shed-roof extension to one side. The corn crib was a single story frame structure, with a gable-roofed center and shed-roofed extensions around each side. They were built c. 1907–08, and were relatively unaltered examples of period farm architecture when they were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The buildings have been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database.
The Arthur Williams Homestead, Feed storage Shed is a historic farm outbuilding on Farwell Road, on the outskirts of Bradford, Arkansas. It is a 1-1/2 story structure, with a gable-roofed box frame structure at its center, flanked by frame shed-roof sections. The central portion was built c. 1915 as a residence, and about 1930 it was converted for use as a feed shed, with the shed additions added at that time. It is locally distinctive for the style of box frame construction in the central section, which is not commonly found in White County.
The Dr. James House was a historic house at West Center and South Gum Streets in Searcy, Arkansas. It was a two-story brick building, with a gabled roof and a brick foundation. A shed-roofed porch extended around its front and side, supported by square posts. It was built about 1880, and was one of a modest number of houses surviving in the city from that period when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The house has been reported as demolished to the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, and is in the process of being delisted.
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