Creswell Office Building - Calico Rock Historic District - Calico Rock, Arkansas
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N 36° 07.032 W 092° 08.567
15S E 577145 N 3997287
This one-story, painted brick building is located at 125 Main Street, Calico Rock, Arkansas. This is the left side of what appears to be a two part building.
Waymark Code: WM14NB7
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2021
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This building is now a gift shop.
A National Register plaque is located on the south portion of the eastern facade. It is a standard brass plaque with raised lettering shaped like the state of Arkansas. It reads:
This property
has been placed on the
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC PLACES
by the United States
Department of the Interior
(Picture of Seal)
Arkansas
Historic Preservation
Program
Department of Arkansas Heritage
- Marker Text
Same as Garner General Store. Eight-light transoms. Brick surrounding storefront has been painted. No significant alterations. Side elevation is penetrated by three pair of windows.
- National Register Application
Serving briefly as the Post Office in the 1930's, then as a real estate office, it housed the original Western Auto store, owned and operated by Melzie Knowles.
- Historic Calico Rock Arkansas on the White River brochure
Has brick façade with rough-cut stone side and rear walls (may have brick party wall in between storefronts). The street-level portion of the building is one-story, but the rear is 2-story as it goes down the hill to the east. Northern storefront (left) was known as the Creswell Office Building. It briefly served as the post office in the early 1930s (why did it temporarily move from museum building? Maybe Flood of 1927?). W. M. Jones later had a real estate office here, and it was the original location of the Western Auto Store, run by Melzie Knowles.
- Calico Rock HD Tour Script