Woodrow Store

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Location AR 263, Woodrow, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°39′47″N92°4′48″W / 35.66306°N 92.08000°W / 35.66306; -92.08000 Coordinates: 35°39′47″N92°4′48″W / 35.66306°N 92.08000°W / 35.66306; -92.08000
Arealess than one acre
Built1927 (1927)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPS Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
NRHP reference # 00001592 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 2001

The Woodrow Store is a historic commercial building on Arkansas Highway 263 in rural northern Cleburne County, Arkansas. It is a modest single-story wood frame building, set on the south side of the highway in the crossroads community of Woodrow. Built in 1927, it served as the only general store and automobile fuel service station for the isolated hill community for many years. [2]

Highway 263 is a north–south state highway in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. A low-volume, two-lane road, Highway 263 connects several rural unincorporated communities to the state highway system. The highway was first established on July 10, 1957 in Stone County and extended by the Arkansas State Highway Commission in 1963 and 1965. A second segment was created in Cleburne County in 1963, and the gap was closed between the two segments in 1994. The route is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT).

Cleburne County, Arkansas county in Arkansas

Cleburne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,970. The county seat and most populous city is Heber Springs. The county was formed on February 20, 1883 as the last of Arkansas's 75 counties to be formed. It is named for Confederate General Patrick Cleburne. Cleburne is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleburne County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Woodrow Store" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-28.