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Smackover Historic Commercial District

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Built
  
1925 (1925)

NRHP Reference #
  
90000884

Area
  
2 ha

Architectural style
  
Vernacular commercial

Opened
  
1925

Added to NRHP
  
14 June 1990

Smackover Historic Commercial District

Location
  
601-628 Broadway, Smackover, Arkansas

The Smackover Historic Commercial District encompasses the civic and commercial heart of the small town of Smackover, Arkansas. It consists of sixteen buildings lining a single block of Broadway north of 7th Avenue. The area is reflective of Smackover's explosive growth following the discovery of oil in 1925; most of the buildings were built between 1925 and 1940. They are mostly vernacular commercial buildings, one or two stories in height, with flat roofs obscured by a parapet on the main facade. Also included in the district are the Methodist Episcopal church, the old fire station, and the old city hall and jail. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

References

Smackover Historic Commercial District Wikipedia