The Hiwasse Bank Building is a historic commercial building in the rural community of
Hiwasse, Arkansas
Hiwasse was an unincorporated census-designated place in Benton County, Arkansas
Benton County is a county within the Northwest Arkansas region with a culture, economy, and history that have transitioned from rural and agricultural to suburban ...
. It is located on
Arkansas Highway 279, a short way south of its junction with
Arkansas Highway 72
Highway 72 (AR 72, Ark. 72, and Hwy. 72) is a designation for two east–west state highways in Benton County, Arkansas. A western route of runs east from Highway 43 at Maysville to U.S. Route 71B (US 71B) in Bentonville. A second r ...
, abutting a similar but slightly newer commercial building. The building is a single-story brick building, with its front facade divided into three sections by iron stanchions. The left two bays have wood-frame windows in them, that on the right, the entrance flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a transom. Above these is a brick panel defined by a frame of corbelled brick. The interior has retained elements of its original pressed metal ceiling. Built c. 1890, it represents (despite deteriorating condition) the best of commercial architecture of that period in the small community.
The building 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 ...
in 1988.
See also
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References
Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Commercial buildings completed in 1890
National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Arkansas
1890 establishments in Arkansas
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