Womble District Administration House No. 1

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Womble District Administration House No. 1
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Location in United States
Nearest city Mt. Ida, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°32′22″N93°36′9″W / 34.53944°N 93.60250°W / 34.53944; -93.60250 Coordinates: 34°32′22″N93°36′9″W / 34.53944°N 93.60250°W / 34.53944; -93.60250
Arealess than one acre
Built1940 (1940)
Architect Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural stylePlain Traditional
MPS Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 93001101 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 1993

The Womble District Administration House No. 1 is a historic house in the Ouachita National Forest. It is located on the north side of United States Route 270, east of Mount Ida and just west of the highway's crossing of Williams Stream. It is a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, novelty siding, and stone foundation. Its main facade, facing south, has a projecting gable-roofed porch, whose gable is finished in vertical board-and-batten siding. It was built about 1940 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps as the administrative headquarters of the Womble District of the national forest. [2]

The house 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 Womble District Administration House No. 1". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-19.