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AND133 COMMON . .
STREET & MUM 3ER
(See Verbal Boundary Description) ,NOT FOR PUIUCA~ON
CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DtSTRICTCT
Van Buren - VICINITYOF Third .
STAT; CODE COUNTY CODE
Arkansas . # 05 ' Crawford 033
~CL~BSIFICATION
CATEGOilY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE
, S~UGURC Xeor~ ,WORK IN PROCRESS ,EDWCATIOM.AL -PRIVATE RESIDENCE
,OBJCCf ,IN PROCESS %YES: RESTRICTED -GOVERNMENT -SCIEMTIFIC
,BEING CONSIDERED -YES: UNRESTFtlCTED -1HDUSTRIAL -TAAMSPORTARON
?DOWNER OF PROPERTY
NAME MUltisle %ership - Public and Pxi-vate
STREET & NUMSEil
City of Van Buren
te?Y.TOWN STATE
Van Buren - VIMP~ITY OF Arkansas
;*BLOCATION L3 C)F LEGAL DESCRIPTION
COURTHOUSE.
REGISTRY OF OEE04ETC. Circuit clerk ' s Office
STREET & NUX'aER
Crawf ord County courthouse I -
CITY. TOVlN STATE
Van Buren Arkansas
gq - XEpRESZiUTPITIQiV IN EXISTING SUIIVSYS
CEPOSITOZY FOR
5U4VEY 6ECORDS -
CIT\'. f 0-V?l STATE
5 - CONDITION CHECK QNE CHECKONE .
-5XCELLENT ,DETERIORATE0 ,UUALTEPEO &D~IG~NAL UTE 1
3tt003 ,RUINS X&LYER~~J Q-MOVE3 5~7~
,FA:R -UNEXPOSED
DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL {IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
That poeion of downtown Van Buren hereby propssd as the Van Buren Historic 1
District includes of some twenty comercia1 structures along :six blocks
of the city's Plain Street. The area includes the railroad depot at the
north end of the district and extends southweest to . the Arkasas Mver. ' The
majority of the structures in this district were constructed in, the 1880-1900
period, when Van Buren prospered Ath the comiTlg of the railroads. Tne
archLtr~ettaxa1 styles are varied and tinusual, buk predominantly Victorian.
There have been several intrusions in the district, ' The facades have .not -,------+- ---- --
been penitanently altered. Alumir~um has been placed ovcr many of the facadss
far a more nodern_ apgearance: .the aluminum. could be stripped, of-f quite easily. - . .'. +' " ' .. . . -- . = . . ". .. .
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Thers'-are fi* 'structets .within- Wie' .dis*ric t which: are' espekially interesting.
The V~ &en' railgbad depot 'a.E Plain and' ~aje tC&iL1e Streets was con st rutted
e. 1900. The brick sLcrrrcture is topped with a high hipped roof of clay tile.
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Hip-roofed dormers project from each elevztion. .Twin chimneys extend above
the one-and-fie;-half storey building- The depot features wide supprti-ve
Srackats, typical of many Arkansas railroad Zepnts.
Tns mst architecturally.~n~sual bailding in the district is the Crawford
County Bank at: Seventh and Mair? Streets. Tbe thre2-storey buildiny was
constructed in 1889. Tae brick bank features a decorative corrrsr turret
cap24 with a conical. roof and topped with a finial. The third storey has ,,9
scalloped shingles and rokde? ornai~en-kal pilasters on its eikesior walls.
,-:. . The pilasters are ea2ped with conical roofs. Other features of the building
UcluZe sem5-elliptical window heads and keystones, dentiled cornices and
dacorative brackets.
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Next door tb the -~r'awford' Cbwtp ~hk is inother bank building hiso 'built:
in 1889. This three-storey brick structure was the second building built
by the Citizens Bank. It features a center-pediment -with a f Fnial extending
above ,he . roofline. .- Corbelling at the roofline gives a ribbonrlike effect. - ..
The building which first housed the Citizens &I-was built in I887 at
524 Kzin Street- This building features a corner entry and is interesting
in the round arched window heads w5ich feature alternating segments of
cut snd cast stone.
The Anheuser-Busch building at Fifth and blain Stxeets was constructed c. 1090,
This two- storey rectangular bailding features a terra-cotta &heuser-~u~ch
crest in the front parapet. It is one of the few remaining beer degots
in PLlrkansas. ..-..
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t'ne site of the CrawEord co;nty courthousa i~t Thira and F0lain ~tieets has .
haen the center of Crawford County goverm~zt since 1342. The original
20urti10use was hilt 3840-41 and housed the District Court for western
Arkansas (1851-71). The cour.tI~ouse burned in 1876 but the walks were
so built that they were not da~aged and were retained for the nev bui1d:inq
which erected c. 1690. The main building is flanked by two wings. A
3 I~.$~J.oR BIBLIOGXAPWICAL RBFE2ENCES
&'cLan2zs Gazette. February 11, 1890- -.- I
Eno, Clara 5, Histo-zy of Crawford Comty, Arkansas. Van Buren, Arkansas; 1
Press-Argus . 1
Frisco Railroa$, Xead1igb.t Flashes, Chicago, 1298.
Br. Lewis ?zer- ?exsonaL i~terviex, Van Buren, Arkaisas, Eulg 22, 1375,
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-5 Raybum, Personal interview, Van Buren, Arkansas, July 22, 1975,
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ACREAGE OF NOMINAED PAOPERTY 20 acres
UTM REFEREHCES . . .-. . .. . . -- _' . .- ... - .. . ..
~11,s 1 131 71713k1101 ]31912v21210,01 811,51 1317,714,1,51 13,912,211~0~01 -
ZONE EASTING NORTHING ZONE EASTlNG .NORTHING
~11~51 1-1 )319(2i117.5,0\ ~ilr51 1317161~1610( 1319\?11I91 110[
VERBAL aOUNDARY DiSCRbPTtON
The area comprised of one-half lstocf.. on either side of Main Streat stretching
fron Cane Hill Street southwestward to the end of Main.and bn either side 6f
any haginary projection of Main Street ta the' water's edge of' the Arkansas
fiver, the easten bounbry of the area extruding to include the whole block
on. which the county Couzthouse sits. ". ' .- -.
LCST ALL STATES AND COUNT1ES FOR PilOPERTIES OVERLAPPkNG STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES
ST ATE COOE COUN~Y cane i
STATE COD? COUNTY CODE
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HAL1 E S TITLE I
Sanc?rz Tnvlor, Historkah L.
ORCAMI~TION DATE
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Ark_-sgs Historic Preservatio? Program September 9, 1975
STRGET & NUMBE3 TELEPHONE - - - . - . . . _' . . .-. .. .. - -. >.
30 0 Gies t Markham 501-371-1639--
Qi I OR TOW9 STATE
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Little Rock ' Arkansas
STATE HISTORIC PREsExvATIoN OFFICER CEXTIFICAmoN !
f H E EVALUATED SlGNlFlCANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS:
NATIONAL - . STATEX LOCAL -
As the designated Staae Historic Preservation OHtcer for the National H~szoric Preservation Act of 1 966 IPubltc Law 8 9-665). I
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hereby nominate this propsny for inclusion in the National Register and certib that it has been evaluated according to tha
criteria and procedures set torfh by the National Park Service. - LA-
STATE HlSTORlC PRESE RVAflON OFFICER SlGN&TUA5Gene ~i~hayd~on
TITLE State Historic Praservatian Officer . DATE Septe~hor 9, 1975
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I44 EFlESY CijlRFY THAT TSflS PROPE3P: IS !NCtUDEO IN THE NAT~OF~AL REGISTER i'"' . L.. . ., I . < ~. . I. . . . - DATE -
OISECTOR. UFFICE OFAFlChEOLOGY AND HISTO3lC PRESERYATl3N ' /ATTEST: DATE
I-- ,-==PC3 2 OF THE NATIGNAL REGt STER -I
XATIOPIAL REGISTEX OF HISTORIC PLACES I
fPIXNTOXY -- NOMINATION FOX331 DATE ENTE 3ED 1
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COIVT:NUATt3N SHEET lTEM NUMBER 9 PAGE one - - - -
CSITED ST.4TI1'S UkPr\RTi%ltNT OF THE INTERIOR
EikTl9NAL PAPK 5ERVICE
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of'~ort Smith, Proud ~eritage -
Promising Futwe - Van Buren.
r~~~ W?S tlSE ONLY
4ECf IVED -1 *
Van Bum, Arkansas
Main Street Historic District
Legend
Buildinp for which thtrt is an ap
proved rebbilitationirestoration
proposal and art thus tligibEe for
HCRS grant-in-aid funding.
* Those storekont tacad~r planned to
receive HCRS funding during the ini-
tial work period (1979-19823.
- -- Main Stwt Historic District
Boundaries
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Plan of Main Strect Hi-ric DbtriE!,Vm Buren. Arkansas. showing HCRS grant
,ui!dings and other sigrrifican!.sites.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMEKT OF THE INTERIOR
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NATI9NAL REGISTER OF EISTOXIC PLACES
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SCALE 1:2400 DATE 1371 (photo revised 19703
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1. PROPEATI' EOU NDARiES
2. NOZTH ARROW
3. UThl REFf RENCES
Form No. 1.0-3010
[Rev. 16-74)
U NKED STATES DEPARTMENTOFTHE I NPEKIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
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PROPERTY PEIOT8CRAPH FORM
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an.ToWH Van Bwc~ V~CINIT~ OF STATE Arkansas ~OIJN~ Cratrf ord
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pHam cffEbJT Sandra Tayf or DATEOF PHOTO 1975 .
AT Arkansas Historic Preservation Progriun
kg IDENTIFICATION
OESCRIDE VIEW, PIRECltON. ETC, If DISTRICT, GIVE BUlPDlNG NAME & STREET , PHOTDNO.
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(Rev, 10-74)
UNI'TF,D STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE 1NTEliIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERYIGE
NATIONAL REGTSmR OF HISTORTC PLACES
PROPERTY PHQTOGRAPI3 FORM
SEE 1 NSTRUCTIONS 1 N HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS
TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH
MME 1. k.4
HISTOR~C Van Buren Historic District
AMDJQ!! COMMON
elmh TOWN Van Burcn VICINIW OF STATE Arkansas COUtJW Crawford
m E{ PPWOTO REFERENCE
PHOTO cnEnIT Sandra Taylor DATEOFPHOTO 1975
NEGAT1vE Arkansas 11is toric preservation Program
DESCRlOE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. 1F DISTnlCT. GIVE DUILD1NG NAME L STREET
Anhauser-Bcsh Ruflding, viewed from the northeast
PHOTO NO
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GPO 192-454