231 E Main - Batesville Commercial Historic District - Batesville, Ar.
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N 35° 46.251 W 091° 39.172
15S E 621767 N 3959369
This three-story red brick building is located at 231 E Main in Batesville, Ar.
Waymark Code: WMNWQN
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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This building is in good condition and is currently occupied by a restaurant.
Date of Construction: 1925

A three-story, brick masonry commercial building with Batesville marble trim. Its brick walls and façade are supported by a brick foundation and covered with a flat, built-up gravel and tar roof set behind a raised parapet coped with cast concrete.

This building was originally constructed c. 1908 by S. A. Hail, a prominent local merchant, as a single story commercial building to house his dry goods business. It was enlarged with a second story warehouse in 1914, and in 1925 a third story was added for more warehouse space along with the brick front. The square-headed windows with their decorative lintel “squares” and sills of Batesville marble (actually a type of limestone but called marble because of the visual similarities) and their nine-over-one double-hung sash windows reveal a subtle Craftsman influence in the design.

- National Register Application



Text of Historic Marker:
HAIL BUILDING


1908 built by S.A. Hail - single story dry
goods store; 1914 - second story
warehouse added; 1925 - third story
warehouse and brick front added;
1979 - Hail Dry Goods closed;
thereafter served as a hardware store
and a series of restaurants.
Square-headed windows
with sills of Batesville "marble";
nine-over-one double-hung windows
(craftsman influence).
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Batesville Commercial Historic District

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NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link]

Address:
231 E Main Street Batesville, Ar. 72501

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