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3 Sites Added to Arkansas’ “Most Endangered Places” List

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“Preserve Arkansas’s 2022 Most Endangered Places list includes an architecturally significant church at Lonoke, one of the last historic commercial buildings at DeValls Bluff, and an 1850s farmstead in Stone County….

“The Most Endangered Places Program began in 1999 to raise awareness of historically and architecturally significant properties facing threats such as demolition, deterioration, and insensitive development.

“Preserve Arkansas solicited nominations from individuals and organizations throughout the state, and a selection committee Continue reading →

Arkansas Adds Sites to National Historic Register

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The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) has announced seven additions to the National Register of Historic Places:

♦  U.S. 65 Expressway Pedestrian Bridge, Jefferson County
♦  Lawrence A. Davis, Sr., Student Union, Jefferson County
♦  Dr. Alfred A. and Adele Berger, House, Phillips County
♦  Helena World Building, Phillips County
♦  Helena Aero Tech Hangars, Phillips County
♦  K.C. Baking Powder Building, Pulaski County
♦  Jewish Cemetery, Sebastian County

A listing on the National Register of Historic Places is an honorary certification that allows property owners to apply for grants and tax credits toward maintenance.
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is an agency of Arkansas Heritage. AHPP is responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources.

Other divisions 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, the Historic Arkansas Museum, and the Arkansas State Archives. Arkansas Heritage is a division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism.

2020’s Most Endangered Places in Arkansas

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Preserve Arkansas’s 2020 Most Endangered Places list includes a nationally significant military hospital, a Trail of Tears witness structure, the Grapette Company headquarters, a Charles Thompson-designed bank, a historic mercantile, Lafayette County’s first jail, and a New Deal-era high school building. Preserve Arkansas is also featuring Little Rock’s oldest municipal golf course as “One to Watch.”

The Most Endangered Places Program is Continue reading →

Jimmy Bryant Set to Speak at Annual FCHS Meeting

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Jimmy Bryant, former UCA Archivist who is now Director of Arkansas Heritage for the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Faulkner County Historical Society which will be held Thursday, March 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Mills Library located in Hendrix College’s Mills Center.

Bryant, a Conway resident and former Faulkner County Historical Society board president, now oversees the four heritage museums and four heritage resource agencies that work to preserve, protect and promote the natural and cultural history of Arkansas. Continue reading →