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

Jefferson County Arkansas (Vacant / Not In Use) has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt Route) Relief Train, St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt Route) Steam Locomotive #336 and United States Army Snow Plow #SN-87, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company Building and DODX Guard Car #G-56.

Several famous people are associated with these Jefferson County historic places including Dr. John Walter Parker and Harry Trulock.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Jefferson County places including baldwin Locomotive Works, O.F. Co. Jordan, Industrial Brownhoist, Gibbs & Sanders, E.H. Steininger, George R. Mann, Monk & Ritchie, American Car and Foundry and Mitchell Selligman. Prominent architectural styles found in Jefferson Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival.

Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company Building (added 2001 - - #01000480)

116 West 6th , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Selligman, Mitchell

Architectural Style:

Moderne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

DODX Guard Car #G-56 (added 2007 - - #07000441)

Also known as JE0689

1700 Port Rd. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

American Car and Foundry

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hotel Pines (added 1979 - - #79000443)

Main St. and W. 5th Ave. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Monk & Ritchie, Mann,George R.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Economics, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Parker Sr., Dr. John Walter, House (added 2003 - - #03000947)

Also known as JE0287

1405 S. Alabama St. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Parker, Dr. John Walter

Significant Year:

1910, 1909, 1917

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Social History, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Pine Bluff Fifth Avenue Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000777)

Also known as See Also:Boone-Murphy House;Ferguson House

5th Ave. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt Route) Relief Train (added 2007 - - #07000471)

Also known as (Generator Flat), SSWMW 94129 (Kitchen Car), SSWMW 96216, JE0687,SSW 96005 (Crane), SSWMW 5682 (Boom Car), SSWMW 98501

1700 Port Rd. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Industrial Brownhoist

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt Route) Steam Locomotive #336 (added 2007 - - #06001276)

Also known as Site #JE0575

1700 Port Rd. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

baldwin Locomotive Works

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Trulock-Cook House (added 1979 - - #79000444)

703 W. 2nd Ave. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Shingle Style

Historic Person:

Trulock,Harry

Significant Year:

1903

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Tucker School (added 2005 - - #05000538)

Also known as Townsend--Gallatt Farmhosue, Townsend Farmhouse

Vandalsen Dr. , Tucker

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Union Station (added 1978 - - #78000601)

E. 4th Ave. and State St. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

United States Army Snow Plow #SN-87 (added 2007 - - #06001273)

Also known as Site #JE0690

1700 Port Rd. , Pine Bluff

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jordan, O.F. Co.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use