Magazine City Hall-Jail

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LocationNW of jct. of Garland and Priddy Sts., Magazine, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°9′1″N93°48′32″W / 35.15028°N 93.80889°W / 35.15028; -93.80889 Coordinates: 35°9′1″N93°48′32″W / 35.15028°N 93.80889°W / 35.15028; -93.80889
Arealess than one acre
Built1934 (1934)
Built byJ. Arless Jenkins
Architectural styleVernacular, Plain Traditiona
NRHP reference No. 93000483 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 8, 1993

The Magazine City Hall-Jail is a historic government building at the northwest corner of Garland and Priddy Streets in Magazine, Arkansas. It is a single-story masonry structure, built out of rusticated concrete blocks and covered by a gable roof. The gable ends are framed in wood. The rear portion of the building, housing the jail cells, has a flat roof. It was built in 1934, with the concrete blocks formed by a local mason to resemble ashlar stone. It is the only local municipal building built out these materials, and was used for its original purposes into the 1980s. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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 Magazine City Hall-Jail" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-18.