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

Phillips County Arkansas (Historic Districts) has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Lakeview Resettlement Project Historic District, Beech Street Historic District, Cherry Street Historic District, Cherry Street Historic District Boundary Increase and Eliza Miller Junior and Senior High School.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Phillips County places including Resettlement Administration, Works Progress Administration, L.R. Wright, Charles Thompson, Frank W. Gibb, Leon Archais and John Ike Moore. Prominent architectural styles found in Phillips Country are Early Commercial, Queen Anne and Beaux Arts.

Beech Street Historic District (added 1987 - - #86003314)

Also known as See Also:83001161;73002270;73000384;74000493;73000385;760004

Roughly bounded by McDonough, Columbia, Beech, Elm, Perry and College , Helena

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thompson,Charles

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Cherry Street Historic District (added 1987 - - #86003546)

Along Cherry St. between Porter and Elm Sts. , Helena

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Moore,John Ike

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Other, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Specialty Store

Cherry Street Historic District Boundary Increase (added 2010 - - #10000288)

Cherry St between Porter and Perry Sts and from Elm to the S side of Missouri St , Helena-West Helena

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gibb, Frank W., Wright, L.R.

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Department Store, Financial Institution, Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Department Store, Financial Institution, School

Eliza Miller Junior and Senior High School (added 2024 - - #100009768)

106 Miller Loop, Helena-West Helena

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Area of Significance:

Ethnic Heritage-Black, Education

Lakeview Resettlement Project Historic District (added 2019 - - #100003357)

Near the jct. of AR 85 & AR 44, Lake View

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Agriculture, Black, Ethnic Heritage, Social History

Period of Significance:

1935-1968 AD

Maple Hill Cemetery (added 2000 - - #00000318)

Also known as PH0290

N. Holly St. , Helena

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Archais, Leon

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Art

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

Phillips County Penal Farm Historic District (added 2007 - - #06001268)

Also known as PH0427

Cty Rd. 353 S of US 49 , Poplar Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Works Progress Administration

Architectural Style:

International Style

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Law

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Turner Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000073)

Also known as John L. Turner House; Sites #PH0423-PH0424, N.B. Turner & Son Store; John L. Turner Store

Corners of AR 318 and Phillips Cty Rd. 606 , Cypert

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Single Dwelling, Water Works

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling