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 Barnett Building marker - Batesville, Ar. Posted by:  iconions
N 35° 46.262 W 091° 39.152
15S E 621797 N 3959390
This two-story painted stone masonry building is located at 267-297 E. Main Street in Batesville, Ar.
Waymark Code: WMNWWC
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2015
Views: 2
Marker located to the right of the main entrance of the building.
Text of Historic Marker:
BARNETT BUILDING
1903/4 Built / Barnett Brothers Department Store (Jim, Charles & Ira Nelson); 1938
& 1978; Remodeled 1988; Sheid Furniture; Furniture Gallery; 2001 Pro Dentec
main offices. (Renaissance Revival style; splayed stone voussoirs over the arches upper
windows; alternating stone quoins)
This building is in good condition and is currently unoccupied.
Date of Construction: 1903-04
A two-story, stone masonry commercial building, constructed of sandstone walls with a façade of pressed and buttered brick trimmed with sandstone voussoirs, quoins and other decorative insets. The entire structure rests upon a sandstone foundation and is covered with a flat, standing seam tin roof.
This building, constructed as the Barnett Brothers Mercantile Company, remains one of the finest commercial buildings in Batesville. Its façade is designed in the Renaissance Revival style; significant details include the splayed stone voussoirs over the row of fourteen arched windows which light the second floor, the alternating stone quoins and the delicate corbelling in the panel brick work beneath the bracketed metal cornice.
- National Register Application
History of Marker:
See long Description - history and architecture of the building
Link to Marker: Not listed
Additional Parking: Not Listed
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