The Rogers Commercial Historic District, known informally as Historic Downtown Rogers, is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

in the central business district of

Rogers, Arkansas Rogers is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. Located in the Ozarks, it is part of the Northwest Arkansas region, one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country. Rogers was the location of the first Walmart store, whose cor ...

. When it was first listed on the

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in 1988, it was known as the Walnut Street Historic District; this was changed when the district was enlarged in 1993. The district encompasses a portion of the city's central business district, whose historical significance extends from about 1885 to the end of

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. The original 1988 boundary of the district included buildings on two blocks of Walnut Street, between Second and Arkansas Streets, and encompasses a cluster of predominantly commercial buildings built between 1885 and 1912. These buildings were predominantly

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commercial masonry buildings. In 1993 the district was enlarged to include two blocks of First and Second Streets, between Walnut and Poplar Streets, which also included historically significant commercial buildings constructed up to 1943. This enlargement included the previously-listed Old Post Office, Lane Hotel, Applegate Drugstore, and Bank of Rogers Building. This enlargement included a wider variety of architectural styles, notably the

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of the old post office, and

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of the Lane Hotel. The district was further enlarged in 1998 to include 120 South Second Street, and in 2002 to include the Victory Theater. In 2012 it was enlarged yet again, adding the 200 block of West Elm Street.

Contributing buildings

Stroud's Mercantile Stroud's Mercantile or Stroud's Department Store was a department store located in Rogers, Arkansas. At the time of its closing in 1993, Stroud's was the oldest continuously operated privately owned retail business in the state. Its 1899 storefro ...

, 114-116 W. Walnut St, built 1898

Gallery

Rogers Commercial Historic District, 4 of 4.JPG, 101-109 W Walnut St. Rogers Commercial Historic District, 1 of 4.JPG, Victory Theater and neighboring buildings on 2nd St.

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Downtown Rogers Inc., a nonprofit business associationGo Downtown Rogers, a nonprofit association
{{Authority control 1988 establishments in Arkansas Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas Historic districts in Benton County, Arkansas Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Italianate architecture in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Arkansas Protected areas established in 1988 Commercial Historic District

Contributing buildings

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