Russellville Downtown Historic District

The Russellville Downtown Historic District encompasses an eight-block area of downtown Russellville, Arkansas. This area, developed primarily between 1875 and 1930, includes the city's highest concentration of period commercial architecture, a total of 34 buildings. Most of them are brick, one or two stories in height, and in a variety of styles. The district is roughly bounded by Arkansas and West 2nd Streets, El Paso Avenue, and the Missouri-Pacific Railroad tracks.[2]

Russellville Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly bounded by W. 2nd St., Arkansas Ave., Missouri--Pacific RR tracks and El Paso St., Russellville, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°16′44″N 93°8′6″W
Area	19 acres (7.7 ha)
Built	1875–1936
Architect	H. Ray Burks
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	96000941[1]
Added to NRHP	September 3, 1996

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

It includes:

• Pope County Courthouse (1931), 100 West Main Street, the "dominant" building in the district, a four-story brick building designed by architect H. Ray Burks in Art Deco style[2]
• Riggs-Hamilton American Legion Post No. 20 (1936), built by Works Progress Administration, separately listed on the National Register[2]
• railroad depot, separately listed on the National Register[2]

See also

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Sandra Taylor Smith (May 30, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-nomination: Russellville Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-30.