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Warren Brick Streets

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Built
  
1927 (1927)

Designated CP
  
July 11, 2016

Area
  
2 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
06001277

Opened
  
1927

Added to NRHP
  
24 January 2007

Warren Brick Streets

Location
  
Portions of Cedar, Myrtle, Chestnut, 1st, Walnut, Elm and Cypress Sts., Warren, Arkansas

Part of
  
Warren Commercial Historic District (#16000433)

MPS
  
Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS

The Warren Brick Streets of Warren, Arkansas are a collection of city streets that have retained original brick pavement laid down in the late 1920s. The sections include blocks of Cedar, Myrtle, Chestnut, 1st, Walnut, Elm, and Cypress Streets, and include nearly 5,000 feet (1,500 m) of pavement. The bricks are laid out in a running bond pattern up to intersections, where a diamond pattern is used, partly to maintain the position of the bricks. The bricks measure 4 by 8.5 inches, and are probably 2 inches thick. The streets are 36 feet (11 m) wide, with 2 feet of concrete gutter and curbing. It is surmised that the bricks were laid on a concrete substrate, in part because the condition of the surviving sections is very good.

The street sections were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

Warren Brick Streets Wikipedia