Powell Clothing Store

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Location201 N. Main St., Beebe, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°4′16″N91°52′51″W / 35.07111°N 91.88083°W / 35.07111; -91.88083 Coordinates: 35°4′16″N91°52′51″W / 35.07111°N 91.88083°W / 35.07111; -91.88083
Arealess than one acre
Built1885 (1885)
Architectural styleBrick rectangular
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001249 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1991

Powell Clothing Store is a historic commercial building at 201 North Main Street in Beebe, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, built about 1885 in what was then the city's economic heart. It is a basically vernacular structure, with modest brick corbelling on the cornice and panels of the front facade. It is one of only a few commercial buildings to survive in the city from that period. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [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 Powell Clothing Store" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-16.