Oscar Redman Building | |
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| Location | 119 E. Main St., Marshall, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°54′34″N92°37′52″W / 35.90944°N 92.63111°W Coordinates: 35°54′34″N92°37′52″W / 35.90944°N 92.63111°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1920 |
| Architectural style | Plain Traditional |
| MPS | Searcy County MPS |
| NRHP reference # | 93000758 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 18, 1993 |
The Oscar Redman Building is a historic commercial building at 119 East Main Street in Marshall, Arkansas. It is a simple concrete block structure, one story in height, with a parapet obscuring the flat roof. It has a single storefront, with plate glass windows flanking a recessed entrance. Built in 1920 by Oscar Redman to house his produce business, it typifies the response to declining economic conditions in the area, brought on in part by the advent of Prohibition. [2]
Marshall is a city in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,355 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Searcy County. Marshall was incorporated in 1884. Prior to the American Civil War, Marshall was known as Burrowsville.
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]
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.
