The Bear Creek Motel is a historic motel on
United States Route 65 in
Bear Creek Springs, Arkansas
Bear Creek Springs is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) Bear Creek Motel, which is located on U.S. 65 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Pla ...
. It is a single T-shaped stone and concrete building, built in 1936 to replace a wood-framed tourist accommodation that had burned down. The building has a distinctive wave-shaped concrete roof, intended to lure travelers off the road, and houses five guest rooms and an office. The wave shape is continued in the guest rooms, which have barrel-vaulted ceilings, and are also finished in concrete and stone veneer.
The property was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2001.
See also
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References
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Buildings and structures completed in 1936
National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Arkansas
1936 establishments in Arkansas
Stone buildings in the United States
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