Jameson-Richards Gas Station

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Jameson-Richards Gas Station
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LocationJct. of AR 367 and Vine St., Bald Knob, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°18′34″N91°34′8″W / 35.30944°N 91.56889°W / 35.30944; -91.56889 Coordinates: 35°18′34″N91°34′8″W / 35.30944°N 91.56889°W / 35.30944; -91.56889
Arealess than one acre
Built1931 (1931)
Architectural styleEnglish Revival
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001279 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1991

The Jameson-Richards Gas Station is a historic automobile service station on Arkansas Highway 367 in Bald Knob, Arkansas. Built in the early 1930s, it is a typical period roadside service building, a single-story brick structure with English Revival styling. It is rectangular in plan, with a projecting porte-cochere that has Tudor style half-timbered stucco in its gable end. The main garage bays have original two-leaf swinging doors, and the office area has original multipane casement windows. It stands near the Jameson-Richards Cafe, a similar period roadside building. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [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 Jameson-Richards Gas Station". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-03.