Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 74000488 Opened 1875 | Built 1875 (1875) Designated CP January 30, 1987 Added to NRHP 18 October 1974 | |
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Location 824 Columbia St., Helena, Arkansas Part of Beech Street Historic District (#86003314) | ||
Almer store top 5 facts
The Almer Store is a historic commercial building at 824 Columbia Street in Helena, Arkansas. Built sometime in the 1870s by Swiss immigrants, it is one of the oldest commercial buildings in Phillips County. Ulrich Almer is claimed to have built the store out of the parts of a raft he and his wife floated down the Mississippi River. The Almer's were dairy farmers, who sold their milk products from the building, which later became more of a neighborhood market. It was in danger of demolition in the early 1970s when it was acquired by the Phillips County Historical Society and restored.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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