The National Register of Historic Places is including five Arkansas properties on its list of historically significant sites in the country, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Director Frances McSwain said.
The newly listed properties are:
The Evans-Neuhart House at Plainview in Yell County. The 1915 building was designed in the Folk Victorian style of architecture and sits atop a hill, which is part of the folklore of the naming of Plainview.
The North Washington Street Bridge at DeWitt. A 1910 concrete deck girder bridge that the National Register considered a novel illustration of the “limited knowledge of concrete-bridge construction that was available at the time.”
Magnolia Colored High School District at Magnolia. The buildings on the segregated campus date back to the 1940s.
Arkansas Christian College Administration Building at Morrilton. The Colonial Revival-style building constructed in 1919 is the last remnant of the Arkansas Christian College. In 1924, it merged with Harper College to become Harding College and moved to Searcy in 1934.
The Spring River Bridge at Mammoth Spring. The 1916 concrete deck girder bridge is a rare example of early concrete-bridge construction and is one of the oldest concrete bridges in the state, the state Highway and Transportation Department said.
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is the department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources.
Arkansas, Pages 9 on 02/10/2014