The L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office is a historic office building at 508 South Monroe Street in

DeWitt, Arkansas DeWitt is the second largest city in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States, which also serves as the county seat of the southern district of Arkansas County. Population was 3,292 at the time of the 2010 census. The city is located on the Ark ...

. It is a single-story brick structure with a low-pitch shed roof. Built in 1942, the building has minimal styling, with a recessed porch on its eastern facade sheltering the entries to two storefronts. It is notable as the only surviving element associated with the business activities of Lester Asher Black (1880-1945), a leading businessman in DeWitt. Black was the president of the First National Bank of DeWitt from its founding in 1912 until his death, and operated a rice mill (no longer standing) as well as a hardware and agricultural supply store catering to rice farmers. He also owned thousands of acres of land planted in rice, at a time when Arkansas was the largest national supplier of the crop. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

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Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1942 Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places 1942 establishments in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas County, Arkansas Rice production in the United States DeWitt, Arkansas {{ArkansasCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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