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 Bank of Calico Rock - Calico Rock Historic District - Calico Rock, Arkansas Posted by:  iconions
N 36° 07.006 W 092° 08.580
15S E 577126 N 3997239
This one-story, rough-cut stone building is located at 104 Main Street, Calico Rock, Arkansas.
Waymark Code: WM149XD
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2021
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My Commentary:
This building now houses "Peppersauce" - a ladies clothing store. Peppersauce is what the locals referred to moonshine back during the Depression.
A National Register plaque is located on the south portion of the eastern facade. It is a standard brass plaque with raised lettering. It reads:
CITY HALL
has been placed on the
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC PLACES
by the United States
Department of the Interior
- Marker Text
1903.
A one story stone structure, this building was the first masonry building in town. Two cast iron supports with decorative details delineate the corners of the building. The storefront with its central double-doored entrance has a two-light transom, as do the flanking fixed single-paned windows. Alterations to the building include the probably removal of two cast iron supports on either side of the entrance, and their replacement with brick piers, the loss of an elaborate pressed metal cornice, the rebuilding of the parapet and the replacement of the originally wood bulkheads with brick panels. Recently this structure has been sensitively rehabilitated for use as a city hall.
- National Register Application
CR-2 In 1903, this one story stone structure became the first masonry building erected in town. Later alterations removed two cast iron supports on either side of the entrance and replaced the original wood bulkheads with brick panels.
The earliest remaining building from the boom that followed the fire is the Bank of Calico Rock. c. 1903. After serving the community as a Post Office from 1924 to 1964, the building was sensitively rehabilitated in 1985 and is now the I.D.C. and a Tourist Information Center.
- Historic Calico Rock Arkansas on the White River brochure
104 Main—built in 1903 and was the first masonry building constructed in town after the devastating fire of 1897. The building first housed the Bank of Calico Rock, which went bankrupt in 1909 and was succeeded by the Bluff City Bank. In 1914 a merger between Bluff City Bank and the People’s Bank of Calico Rock (chartered 1912) resulted in the creation of the State Bank of Calico Rock, which occupied the building until 1924. This was the post office from 1924 to 1964 and later served as City Hall. It is now part of the visitor center/museum/artist co-op. The building features two cast-iron storefront columns manufactured by Mesker Bros. Front Builders of St. Louis. It originally had two more cast-iron columns in place of the current brick columns by the door as well as a pressed metal cornice. Prefabricated cast-iron and metal building components were popular around the turn of the 20th century, especially for commercial buildings in small towns, where it might be difficult to find an architect. The pieces could be ordered from a catalog and shipped via steamboat or railroad.
- Calico Rock HD Tour Script
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Calico Rock Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link]
Address:
100 Main Street
Calico Rock, Arkansas 72519
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
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