The Arkansas State Review Board will convene on December 3 to evaluate a new slate of nominations for the National Register of Historic Places, a move that could add several significant Arkansas properties to the nation’s official list of historically important sites.
“The National Register of Historic Places is a program that is administered nationally by the National Park Service and is administered in Arkansas by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program,” said Ralph Wilcox, national register and survey coordinator and deputy state historic preservation officer. “It’s always a great honor to have properties from around the state considered for listing… Arkansas should be proud of its architectural heritage.”
This year’s nominations come from ten Arkansas counties, representing a wide range of 20th-century structures including bridges, schools, a cotton gin, a historic highway segment, residential properties, and civic buildings.
Wilcox noted the diversity and significance of the sites under consideration: “At this meeting, the Review Board will consider National Register nominations for bridges, schools, a cotton gin, a highway segment, a house, a YWCA building, and an apartment complex.”…