The Walnut Ridge Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic town center of
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Walnut Ridge is a city in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 5098 at the United States Census's 2019 estimate. The city is the county seat of Lawrence County. Walnut Ridge lies immediately north of Hoxie. The two towns f ...
, the county seat of
Lawrence County. The district includes a four-block stretch of Main Street (
United States Route 412
U.S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. U.S. 412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35 and the Cherokee Turnpike from east of Chouteau, Oklahoma, to west of the ...
) on the northwest side of the railroad tracks, and extends for one and sometimes two blocks on either side. Walnut Ridge was founded as a railroad town in 1875, and soon became a leading economic center in the county. Most of its historic downtown consists of vernacular commercial architecture dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, built of masonry and brick, and one or two stories in height. Notable buildings include the 1924 Swan Theatre at 222 West Main Street, the 1935
Old Walnut Ridge Post Office
The Old Walnut Ridge Post Office is a historic commercial building at 225 West Main Street in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. It is a -story T-shaped brick structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof and a full concrete basement. Its Colonial Reviv ...
at 225 West Main (now housing the ''Times Dispatch''), and the 1965 Lawrence County Courthouse at 315 West Main, which replaced a c. 1900 structure.
The district 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 2010.
See also
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References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Lawrence County, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence County, Arkansas
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