Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 01001190 Architectural style Streamline Moderne | Built 1940 (1940) Opened 1940 Added to NRHP 2 November 2001 | |
 | ||
MPS Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS | ||
The Blankinship Motor Company Building is a historic auto dealership building at 120 East Cypress Street in Warren, Arkansas. Its construction in 1940 was heralded as part of an "era of progress", as the Art Moderne building supplanted a horse barn on the site. The building was designed by H. Ray Burke, whose other commissions included the Lonoke County Courthouse and the Drew County Courthouse. The building was used as a Ford and Lincoln dealership and service station until 1965, when the dealership closed. It continued to operate as a service center until 1982, after which it has had a succession of other uses.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
References
Blankinship Motor Company Building Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA