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The former National Guard Armory of
Batesville, Arkansas Batesville is the largest city in and the county seat of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles (128 km) northeast of Little Rock, the state capital. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city was 10,268. The c ...
, is located at 380 South Ninth Street. Built in 1936, it is a large and imposing sandstone structure with
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features. It was designed by Peter Blaauw, a Dutch architect from Sulphur Rock, and built with funding from the
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. After the
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vacated the facility in 1976, it was used for storage and sat vacant. The building was listed on the
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in 1998.


Old Independence Regional Museum

In 1998, the building was repurposed into a museum to interpret the history of Independence County, a historical county that existed in Arkansas from 1820 and originally included land from all or part of Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton,
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, and Woodruff counties. The museum held its grand opening and dedication on September 12, 1998.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Independence County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Independence County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Independenc ...


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Old Independence Regional Museum
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Gothic Revival architecture in Arkansas Art Deco architecture in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1936 Buildings and structures in Batesville, Arkansas Museums in Independence County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Independence County, Arkansas Works Progress Administration in Arkansas Arkansas National Guard 1936 establishments in Arkansas Sandstone buildings in the United States {{IndependenceCountyAR-NRHP-stub