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View it in your browser. | |  An Agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage |  | | | | | | - THREE ARKANSAS FEDERAL BUILDINGS LISTED ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
- MAIN STREET ARKANSAS TO HOLD QUARTERLY TRAINING IN EL DORADO
- MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR 150 HISTORICAL MARKER APPROVED
- QQA TO HOST WINDOW RESTORATION WORKSHOP
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Helena-West | | | | | | | | THREE ARKANSAS FEDERAL BUILDINGS LISTED ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES | | | | | The Federal Buildings at Hot Springs, Helena-West Helena and Little Rock have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of historically significant properties, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Director Frances McSwain announced today.
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 100 Reserve Street in Hot Springs is a three-story, steel-framed building constructed in 1959-60 and designed in the International style of architecture. “The Hot Springs U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a good example of the commercial work of the noted Arkansas architecture firm of Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson, and is one of the few large-scale buildings in central Hot Springs that exhibits characteristics of the International style,” according to the National Register nomination. The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 617 Walnut Street in Helena-West Helena is a three-story, red brick, granite and limestone building constructed in 1959-61 and designed in the International style of architecture. “The building is typified by its clean and efficient character, which is typical of a Modern-style Federal building built after World War II,” according to the National Register nomination. “The building exhibits characteristics of the International style with its flat roof without a ledge, metal windows set flush with the outer wall, smooth wall surfaces with no decorative detailing at the doors and windows, and its asymmetrical façade.”
The Federal Building at 700 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock is a seven-story building constructed in 1959-61 and designed in a Modern-style design featuring a uniform exterior grid of spandrel and plate glass framed by rows of aluminum bands and columns of white stone. “The Little Rock Federal Building is a good example of the commercial work of two noted Arkansas architecture firms, Swaim & Allen & Associates and Ginocchio, Cromwell & Associates,” according to the National Register nomination. “The building’s design is consistent with modern high-rise office facilities in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Its uniformly packaged façades, defined by a grid of glass, aluminum, and stone, reflected a growing trend in which Federal buildings began to more closely resemble their commercial counterparts.”
For more information on the National Register of Historic Places program, write the AHPP at 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72201, call the agency at (501) 324-9880 [TDD 501-324-9811], send e-mail to [email protected] or visit www.arkansaspreservation.org.
The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the stateís cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and the Historic Arkansas Museum. | | | | | | | | | | MAIN STREET ARKANSAS TO HOLD QUARTERLY TRAINING IN EL DORADO | | | | | Main Street Arkansas will hold its quarterly training, with the theme “Artists + Festivals=Economic Development,” in El Dorado June 2-3, Main Street Arkansas Director Greg Phillips announced today. Main Street Arkansas is a program area of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.
The training will feature a free window display workshop by Main Street Arkansas’s Interior Design Consultant Susan Shaddox, an executive director roundtable and a cash mob on Tuesday, June 2. Wednesday, June 3 will include presentations by Terry Stewart, CEO of El Dorado Festivals and Events, Jacqueline Wolven of the Eureka Springs Downtown Network, and Crystal Herrmann and Dawn Staggs of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration who will speak about the special event tax.
Main Street Arkansas provides technical assistance and design services to help create economic development in the state’s downtown areas. The Main Street approach to downtown revitalization focuses on four areas: design, economic restructuring, organization and promotion.
Cities currently involved in Main Street Arkansas are Batesville, Blytheville, Dumas, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Hardy, Helena, Jonesboro, Little Rock’s South Main Street (SoMa), Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Rogers, Russellville, Searcy, Siloam Springs, Texarkana and West Memphis. Members of Main Street’s Arkansas Downtown Network are Pine Bluff, Heber Springs, Fort Smith, DeWitt, Morrilton, Rector, Monticello, Arkadelphia, Clarksville, Warren, Wynne, Fayetteville, Forrest City, Malvern and Pocahontas. Other sponsors of the Main Street Arkansas program are the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
To learn more about Main Street Arkansas, click here. | | | | | | | | | | ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION APPROVES MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL MARKER | | | | | The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission has approved an application for an Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Marker in Montgomery County, ACWSC Chairman Tom Dupree announced today.
The marker, which is sponsored by the Heritage House Museum of Montgomery County, will commemorate Civil War activities and troops raised in Montgomery County. The marker will be placed on the south lawn of the Montgomery County Courthouse in Mount Ida.
Through the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Marker Program, the ACWSC works with local partners to help tell the stories of how the Civil War affected communities around the state. The Commission hopes that there will be at least one marker in each of the stateís 75 counties by the end of the commemoration in 2015. Counties that currently do not have Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Markers are Bradley, Calhoun, Hot Spring, Howard, Lawrence, Polk and Sharp.
To date, 123 markers in 68 counties have been approved. Marker applications are available by clicking here.
For more information on sesquicentennial plans, visit www.arkansascivilwar150.com or e-mail [email protected].
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is housed within the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. | | | | | | | | | | AHPP PARTNERS WITH QQA ON WINDOW REPAIR WORKSHOP | | | | | The Quapaw Quarter Association (QQA) will continue its Preservation Conversations education program with three new sessions beginning June 1, 2015. The QQA has hosted Preservation Conversations since 2011 as a means to educate its membership and the general public about a wide variety of preservation-related topics. “A large part of our mission is to spread the word about the importance of Greater Little Rock’s historic resources and find ways to protect them. We are excited about this year’s programs and hope to add more,” said QQA Vice President of Education Toni Johnson. Preservation Conversations are free and open to the public; attendees are invited to become members of the QQA.
The 2015 Preservation Conversations series starts with a Wood Window Repair Workshop on June 1 at 5:30 p.m. at 144 Melrose Circle in the Argenta Historic District, North Little Rock. Technical Assistance Coordinator Brian Driscoll with the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will lead the workshop. Drinks will be provided, and guests are asked to bring lawn chairs if they wish to sit.
Other scheduled programs include a Fine Art and Appraisal Workshop on Monday, July 27 at 5:30 p.m. and a Rehabilitation Tax Credit Workshop on Monday, November 16 at 5:30 p.m. Both will be held at Historic Curran Hall, 615 East Capitol Avenue.
Visit Quapaw.com for more information.
| | | | | | | | Upcoming Events! | | | | | Main Street Arkansas Quarterly Training, El Dorado, June 2-3
'Sandwiching in History' Tour, St. Edward Catholic Church, Little Rock, June 5. 'Walks Through History' Tour, Marianna Commercial Historic District, June 13.
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