Peoples Bank and Loan Building | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | Jct. of Spruce and 3rd Sts., SW corner, Lewisville, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 33°21′24″N93°34′39″W / 33.35667°N 93.57750°W Coordinates: 33°21′24″N93°34′39″W / 33.35667°N 93.57750°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1915 |
Architect | Witt, Seibert & Company |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Railroad Era Resources of Southwest Arkansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 96000637 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 20, 1996 |
The Peoples Bank and Loan Building is a historic commercial building at the southwest corner of Spruce and 3rd Streets in Lewisville, Arkansas. The single-story masonry building was designed by the Texarkana firm of Witt, Seibert & Company and built in 1915, during Lafayette County's timber boom years. It is one of the few commercial buildings in the county to survive from that period, and is a fine local example of Classical Revival architecture. [2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]
Conway Cemetery Historic State Park, officially the Conway Cemetery State Park, is the final resting place of James S. Conway, first governor of Arkansas, and his wife, Mary J. Conway. It is a 11.5-acre (0.047 km2) Arkansas state park in Lafayette County. No recreational or visitors' amenities are available at the state park.
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The Merchants' National Bank (1914) building is a historic commercial building located in Grinnell, Iowa. It is one of a series of small banks designed by Louis Sullivan in the Midwest between 1909 and 1919. All of the banks are built of brick and for this structure he employed various shades of brick, ranging in color from blue-black to golden brown, giving it an overall reddish brown appearance. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its architecture. In 1991 it was listed as a contributing property in the Grinnell Historic Commercial District.
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The National Bank of Commerce Building is a historic commercial building at 200 S. Pruett St. in downtown Paragould, Arkansas. It is a two-story structure, built out of cut stone, with a center entrance recessed in a two-story opening with flanking Ionic columns. This Classical Revival style building, probably the finest of its style in Greene County, and the least-altered bank building of the period in Paragould, was designed by the Memphis firm of Hankers and Cairns and was built in 1923.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette County, Arkansas.
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The Gregg House is a historic house at 339 Gregg Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas, near the University of Arkansas campus. It was built in 1871 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The Exchange Bank building is a historic commercial building at Washington and Oak Streets in El Dorado, Arkansas. Built in 1926–27, the nine story building was the first skyscraper in Union County, and it was the tallest building in El Dorado at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It was designed by the Little Rock firm of Mann & Stern, and is an eclectic mix of Venetian-inspired Revival styles. It was built during El Dorado's oil boom, and housed the headquarters of Lion Oil. It was included in the El Dorado Commercial Historic District in 2003.
The El Dorado Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of downtown El Dorado, Arkansas. The city serves as the seat of Union County, and experienced a significant boom in growth during the 1920s, after oil was discovered in the area. The business district that grew in this time is anchored by the Union County Courthouse, at the corner of Main and Washington Streets, where the Confederate memorial is also located. The historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 includes the city blocks surrounding the courthouse, as well as several blocks extending east along Main Street and south along Washington Street. Most of the commercial buildings are one and two stories in height and are built of brick. Notable exceptions include the Exchange Bank building, which was, at nine stories, the county's first skyscraper, and the eight-story Murphy Oil building. There are more than forty contributing properties in the district.
The Triplett Company Building is a historic commercial building on 2nd Street in Lewisville, Arkansas. The two-story brick structure was built c. 1915 by the Triplett Company, a lumber company that flourished during Lewisville's lumber boom. It is one of a small number of Lafayette County's commercial buildings to survive from that period, and is the best local example of panel brick design.
The Lafayette County Training School is a historic school building at 1046 Berry Street, on the former campus of Ellis High School in Stamps, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick building with a gable roof, built-in 1929 with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund. It is laid out in the shape of an H, and houses six classrooms in the side wings, with an office, library, and auditorium in the center. It is the only surviving Rosenwald School in Lafayette County. It served the area's African-American student population until 1969 when the county schools were integrated. It thereafter served as an integrated middle school until 1975, and for a time as a daycare center afterwards.
The King–Whatley Building is a historic commercial building at the northwest corner of Maple and 2nd Streets in Lewisville, Arkansas. The single story brick building was built c. 1902 for the First National Bank of Lewisville, and later house legal offices and title companies that played an important role in the area's land development in the early decades of the 20th century. The building has a distinctive curved canopy, and a parapet rising above the flat roof which is studded with brick piers topped by rounded concrete caps.
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The Pottsville Citizen's Bank is a historic commercial building at 156 East Ash Street in downtown Pottsville, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick building, with vernacular early 20th-century commercial styling, a flat roof and a concrete foundation. It is joined by a party wall to a similar building on the right. Built in 1913, it housed the first bank to establish business in the community.
The Pocahontas Federal Savings and Loan is a historic commercial building at 201 West Broadway Street in Pocahontas, Arkansas. It is a roughly rectangular two-story building, with brick walls and a flat roof covered with tar and gravel. It was built in 1960 to a design by Reed & Willis of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and is a prominent local example of Mid-Century Modern design. The Pocahontas Federal Savings and Loan, for whom it was built, was established in 1910.