Jasper E. Treece Building

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Jasper E. Treece Building
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Nearest city Baker, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°54′22″N92°35′43″W / 35.90611°N 92.59528°W / 35.90611; -92.59528 Coordinates: 35°54′22″N92°35′43″W / 35.90611°N 92.59528°W / 35.90611; -92.59528
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Plain Traditional
MPS Searcy County MPS
NRHP reference # 93000754 [1]
Added to NRHP August 18, 1993

The Jasper E. Treece Building is a historic farm outbuilding in rural eastern Searcy County, Arkansas. It is located on the west side of County Road 55, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of its junction with Arkansas Highway 74. It is a modest single-story stone structure, with a corrugated metal gable roof. The only openings in its walls are the doorway in the eastern facade, which has a wooden plank door, and a small opening on the north side. The walls are eighteen inches thick. The building was built in 1898 for Jasper Treece by the Cypert brothers, local stonemasons, and was intended for use as a storage facility for non-perishable items, with granary space in the attic. It is of unusually high quality for a typically utilitarian structure. [2]

Searcy County, Arkansas County in the United States

Searcy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,195. The county seat is Marshall. The county was formed December 13, 1838, from a portion of Marion County and named for Richard Searcy, the first clerk and judge in the Arkansas Territory. The city of Searcy, Arkansas, some seventy miles away, shares the name despite having never been part of Searcy County. The county is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.

Arkansas Highway 74 highway in Arkansas

Arkansas Highway 74 is a series of state highways of 103.73 miles (166.94 km) total in Northwest and north central Arkansas and comprises eight separate sections.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Searcy County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Searcy County, Arkansas.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Jasper E. Treece Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-07.