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Russellville Downtown Historic District

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Built
  
1875 (1875)

NRHP Reference #
  
96000941

Area
  
8 ha

Architectural style
  
Early Commercial

Opened
  
1875

Added to NRHP
  
3 September 1996

Russellville Downtown Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by W. 2nd St., Arkansas Ave., Missouri--Pacific RR tracks and El Paso St., Russellville, Arkansas

The Russellville Downtown Historic District encompasses an eight-block area of downtown Russellville, Arkansas. This area, developed primarily between 1875 and 1930, includes the city's highest concentration of period commercial architecture, a total of 34 buildings. Most of them are brick, one ortwo stories in height, and in a variety of styles. The district is roughly bounded by Arkansas and West 2nd Streets, El Paso Avenue, and the Missouri-Pacific Railroad tracks.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It includes the individually listed Riggs-Hamilton American Legion Post No. 20 and railroad depot.

References

Russellville Downtown Historic District Wikipedia