Jefferies Building

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Jefferies Building
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Location122 Madison St., Clarendon, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°41′43″N91°19′3″W / 34.69528°N 91.31750°W / 34.69528; -91.31750 Coordinates: 34°41′43″N91°19′3″W / 34.69528°N 91.31750°W / 34.69528; -91.31750
Arealess than one acre
Built1904 (1904)
MPS Clarendon MRA
NRHP reference No. 84000191 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1984

The Jefferies Building is a historic commercial building at 122 Madison Street in Clarendon, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, with a pressed metal facade that has a single storefront with a recessed entrance flanked by display windows. Built about 1904, it initially housed a dry goods store. It is one of Clarendon's few remaining metal-facade commercial buildings. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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 Jefferies Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-18.