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

Mississippi County Arkansas (Historic Districts) has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Dyess Colony Center and Burdette School Complex Historic District, Blytheville Commercial Historic District, Hale Avenue Historic District and Hale Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase).

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mississippi County places including Howard Eichenbaum, Harrison Construction Company, WPA, William Frank Little, Eatmon Construction Company and G.C. Parlow. Prominent architectural styles found in Mississippi Country are Early Commercial, Art Deco and Greek Revival.

Blytheville Air Force Base Capehart Housing Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000628)

Blytheville, Blytheville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974 AD

Blytheville Air Force Base Strategic Air Command (SAC) Alert and Weapons Storage Areas Historic District (added 2018 - - #100001999)

4701 Memorial Drive, Blytheville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Military, Politics/Government

Blytheville Commercial Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000421)

Also known as MS0039-MS0046; MS0066-MS0067; MS0069-MS0070; MS0073-MS0074, MS002-MS0015; MS0017-MS0022; MS0024-MS0028; MS0030-MS0037

Main St. bet. 5th and Franklin Sts., Ash St. bet. 5th and 2nd Sts. , Blytheville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

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

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Religious Structure, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Religious Structure, Specialty Store, Theater

Burdette School Complex Historic District (added 2001 - - #01001174)

153 E. Park Ln. , Burdette

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

WPA, Harrison Construction Company

Architectural Style:

Prairie School, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1975-2000, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Dyess Colony Center (added 1976 - - #76000435)

AR 297 , Dyess

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Meeting Hall, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling

Hale Avenue Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001349)

Roughly bounded by Hale Ave., Poplar St., Ford Ave., and Walnut St. , Osceola

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Parlow,G.C.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store

Hale Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2003 - - #03000863)

Roughly 107-111 W. Hale Ave. and 101-109 N. Walnut St. , Osceola

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business

Hale Avenue Historic District Boundary Increase II (added 2008 - - #08000722)

100 and 200 blocks W. Hale Ave.; 100,200 blocks E. Hale Ave.; 100 block N. Poplar , Osceola

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History, Community Planning And Development, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Funerary, Government, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clinic, Meeting Hall, Mortuary, Post Office, Religious Structure, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Financial Institution, Professional, Religious Structure, Specialty Store

Widner--Magers Farm Historic District (added 2007 - - #06001325)

Also known as MS0301

3398 AR N St. 181 , Dell

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Wilson Commercial Historic District (added 2016 - - #16000651)

Wilson, Wilson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Other

Period of Significance:

1900-1968 AD

Wilson Residential Historic District (added 2016 - - #16000652)

Wilson, Wilson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Tudor Revival

Period of Significance:

1925-1954 AD