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The John Tushek Building is a historic commercial building at 108 Main Street in
Lake Village, Arkansas Lake Village is a city in and the county seat of Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,575 at the 2010 census. It is located in the Arkansas Delta. Lake Village is named for its location on Lake Chicot, an oxbow lake for ...
. The two story brick building was built in 1906 by John Tushek, an
Austro-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
immigrant who ran a mercantile store on the premises. The building has vernacular Beaux Arts styling popular at the time, presenting facades to both Main and Court Streets. The ground floors of these facades are divided into storefronts with large glass windows, with access to the upper floor offices via an entrance on the corner. The second floor windows are capped with decorative metal crowns, and topped by small oculus windows. The facade is topped by a corbelled brick cornice and parapet. 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 v ...
in 1993, and included in the
Lake Village Commercial Historic District The Lake Village Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of Lake Village, Arkansas, the county seat of Chicot County in the Mississippi River delta region of southeastern Arkansas. The district covers about six ...
in 2011.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicot County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicot County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicot County, Arkansas, United St ...


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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Beaux-Arts architecture in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1906 Buildings and structures in Chicot County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Chicot County, Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas Lake Village, Arkansas 1906 establishments in Arkansas {{ChicotCountyAR-NRHP-stub