03 Dec 2017 Board to consider College Avenue for inclusion on national register

The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will consider 13 Arkansas properties in eight counties — including the College Avenue Historic District in Conway — for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places when it meets at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Department of Arkansas Heritage Building at 1100 North St. in Little Rock.

The College Avenue Historic District – which includes the south side of the 1600 through 1900 blocks and north side of the 1800 block of College Avenue – features buildings constructed between 1910 and 1950.

“The College Avenue Historic District represents a cohesive collection of homes that are significant for their expression of diverse architectural styles popular throughout the country in the first half of the 20th century,” according to the National Register nomination. “The houses in the district retain much of their character-defining architectural details. The district conveys a sense of time and place through its variety of popular 20th-century architectural styles.”

Other properties to be considered for National Register nomination are Arkansas Teachers Association Headquarters Building and Professional Service Building at Little Rock in Pulaski County; Greenwood School at Hot Springs in Garland County; R.L. Leach Grocery Store at Dutch Mills in Washington County; Robert Wanslow House, Fitzgerald Historic District and Elmwood Cemetery at Fort Smith in Sebastian County; Green Valley Homestead at Sturkie in Fulton County; Highfill School at Highfill in Benton County; Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Monument at Gentry in Benton County; Johnny Cash Boyhood Home at Dyess in Mississippi County; Blytheville Air Force Base Strategic Arms Command (SAC) Alert and Weapons Storage Areas Historic District at Blytheville in Mississippi County and Sherman Mound in Mississippi County.

The board will also consider Edwards Chapel at Russellville in Pope County, Lafayette School Gymnasium at Camden in Ouachita County, Lake June at Stamps in Lafayette County and the Captain Daniel Matthews House at Osceola in Mississippi County for listing on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places. The Arkansas Register recognizes historically significant properties that do not meet National Register requirements.

For more information on the National Register of Historic Places program, write the AHPP at 1100 North St., Little Rock, AR 72201, call the agency at 501.324.9880, send e-mail to [email protected] or visit arkansaspreservation.org.

The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage division that identifies, evaluates, registers and preserves the state’s cultural resources. Other divisions are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Delta Cultural Center, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the Historic Arkansas Museum and the Arkansas State Archives.