Churches, public housing towers among potential entries for National Register of Historic Places
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The “Dr. James Patrick house” in Fayetteville was built in the 1960s at 370 N. Williams Drive on Mount Sequoyah
The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will consider 13 Arkansas properties for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places when it meets on Dec. 7 at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock.
Two historic churches are among the additions that will be considered.
St. John’s Episcopal Church in Camden was built in the 1920s and includes a Hook & Hastings Organ with 548 working pipes that was installed in the church’s previous location in 1907, according to its website. The church was formed in 1850.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church on North 12th and D Streets in Fort Smith was built in 1904, although the church has history dating back to before the Civil War, according to its website.
In Pine Bluff, the George Howard Jr. Federal Building, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is up to be considered for the historic places registry. It was built in the mid-1960s and named in honor of the late U.S. District Judge Howard, shortly after his death in 2007, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Howard was the first African American to serve as a federal judge in Arkansas and to serve as a justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The “Dr. James Patrick house” in Fayetteville was built in the 1960s at 370 N. Williams Drive on Mount Sequoyah. Designed by noted Fayetteville architect, the late Ernie Jacks, the home is on the market, listed for $974,090, according to Zillow.
In downtown Little Rock, three high-rise public housing apartment buildings will be considered. They are Cumberland Towers, Fred W. Parris Towers and Jesse Powell Towers. The Darragh Building and Isaac Homard House will also be considered for nomination.
At Lake Catherine Park in Hot Springs, structures from former German war prisoner camps from World War II will be considered for nomination, as will the Aristocrat Motor Inn in downtown Hot Springs, built in the 1960s.
Also to be considered for nomination for the National Register of Historic Places: Brinkley concrete streets and Minaret Manor in Osceola.
About 2,600 Arkansas properties are listed. Owners of commercial properties listed on the register are potentially eligible for tax credits for renovations or grants.