National Register of Historic Places - Arkansas (AR), Poinsett County

Poinsett County Arkansas has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Marked Tree Lock and Siphons, Tyronza Commercial Historic District, Judd Hill Cotton Gin and Rivervale Inverted Siphons and Bacon Hotel.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Poinsett County places including US Army Corps of Engineers, Pride & Fairley Engineering Co., H.A. Lesmeister, J.E. Hollingsworth, L.D. Freeman Sr., Mitchell Selligman, Watson B. Boggs, James Bacon, Edwin B. Phillips and V.W. Clanton. Prominent architectural styles found in Poinsett Country are Classical Revival, Early Commercial and Art Deco.

Bacon Hotel (added 1995 - - #95001437)

Also known as Sunrise Hotel;PO0015

Homestead Rd. at jct. with RR tracks, SE corner , Whitehall

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bacon, James

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Harrisburg Commercial Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000736)

Roughly bounded by Jackson, Water, South & Gould Sts. , Harrisburg

DoxTxob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Government, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Post Office, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Government, Government, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Department Store, Fire Station, Hospital, Professional, Specialty Store

Highway A-7, Bridges Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000318)

Also known as Sites #PO0073-PO0075, Bridge #580

old US 63 over Ditch No. 1 and its reliefs , Marked Tree

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Clanton, V.W.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Highway A-7, Ditch No. 6 Bridge (added 2009 - - #09000319)

Also known as Site #PO0077

E. Davis St. over Ditch No. 6 SE. of Steel Bridge Rd. , Tyronza

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Highway A-7, Tyronza Segment (added 2009 - - #09000320)

Also known as Ozark Trail Road;Old U.S. 63, Site #PO0076

old US 63 between Memphis Ave. and the Tyronza River , Tyronza

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Hubbard Rice Dryer (added 2004 - - #04001070)

Also known as Site #PO0058

15015 Senteney Rd. , Weiner

DoxTxob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Storage

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Judd Hill Cotton Gin (added 2005 - - #05001080)

Also known as Site #PO0067

AR 214 E of Bridgewood Rd. , Judd Hill

DoxTxob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Processing

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Lepanto Commercial Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000743)

Roughly bounded by Holmes St., Little R., Dewey St. & Alexander Ave. , Lepanto

DoxTxob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Education

Current Sub-function:

Library, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Marked Tree Commercial Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000735)

Elm St. between Liberty & Frisco Sts.; Frisco St. between Elm and Nathan Sts. , Marked Tree

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Post Office, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Professional, Specialty Store

Marked Tree Lock and Siphons (added 1988 - - #88000431)

Also known as St. Francis River Lock and Siphons

On the St. Francis River , Marked Tree

DoxTxob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., US Army Corps of Engineers

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government, Other, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Public Works, Water-Related

Current Function:

Government, Other, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Public Works

Modern News Building (added 1976 - - #76000447)

216 N. Main St. , Harrisburg

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Communications Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Communications Facility

Poinsett Community Club (added 1986 - - #86002847)

Main & Poinsett Sts. , Trumann

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Boggs,Watson B.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic, Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Meeting Hall

Poinsett County Courthouse (added 1989 - - #89001876)

Bounded by Market, East, Court, and Main Sts. , Harrisburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hollingsworth,J.E., Selligman,Mitchell

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company Manager's House (added 2010 - - #09001257)

Also known as Singer House; Singer Manor, Singer Mansion; Site#PO0034

512 Poinsett Ave. , Trumann

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Rivervale Inverted Siphons (added 1991 - - #91000339)

Also known as Rivervale Tunnel;Rivervale Culvert

Just SW of AR 135 across Little R. , Rivervale

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al, Pride & Fairley Engineering Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Other

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Other

Current Function:

Other

Tyronza Commercial Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000896)

Also known as Site #PO0078

S. Main St. bounded on the N. by Old U.S. Hwy 63 and on the S. by Mullins St. , Tyronza

DoxTxob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Government, Landscape, Social

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Park, Post Office, Specialty Store, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Museum, Park, Professional, Religious Structure, Specialty Store, Storage

Tyronza Methodist Episcopal Church, South (added 2015 - - #15000260)

Tyronza, Tyronza

Tybaby1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949 AD

Tyronza Water Tower (added 2007 - - #07000963)

Also known as PO0072

NW of jct. of Main St. and Oliver St. , Tryonza

DoxTxob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Water Works

Willie Lamb Post No. 26 American Legion Hut (added 2003 - - #02001674)

Also known as Lepanto American Legion Hut

205 Alexander St. , Lepanto

Colinhester, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall