El Dorado Apartments (El Dorado, Arkansas)

The El Dorado Apartments are a historic apartment house at 420 Wilson Place in El Dorado, Arkansas. The two story brick and limestone building was designed by Louisiana architect Cheshire Peyton, and built in 1926 in response to the discovery of oil in the area and the ensuing economic boom. It houses 24 small efficiency units, designed for use by the transient but wealthier workers and managers of the oil-related economy. The building has limestone window sills, and rows of brick-inlaid limestone squares between the windows. The cornice of the flat roof is decorated with brick dentil moulding and modillions.[2]

El Dorado Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
El Dorado Apartments in 2016
Location	420 Wilson Pl., El Dorado, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°12′22″N 92°39′37″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1926
Part of	Murphy-Hill Historic District (ID07000974)
NRHP reference No.	83003549[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1983
Designated CP	September 20, 2007

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,[1] and included in the Murphy-Hill Historic District in 2007.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for El Dorado Apartments" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
3. "NRHP nomination for Murphy-Hill Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-05-21.