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 People's Bank of Calico Rock - Calico Rock Historic District - Calico Rock, Arkansas Posted by:  iconions
N 36° 07.025 W 092° 08.579
15S E 577127 N 3997274
This two-story, red brick building is located at 130 Main Street, Calico Rock, Arkansas.
Waymark Code: WM14NB2
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2021
Views: 0
My Commentary:
This building once housed the People's Bank of Calico Rock and Sharp's Realty - now closed.
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
1912.
This two story building is the only brick structure on this side of the street. Occupying the north corner of the block, it was constructed in 1912. The first floor arrangement is slightly asymmetrical , with the storefront off-center and a second entrance at the left corner. The intact storefront has a single-door recessed entry, flanking windows and continuous transom. Second floor window openings are slightly arched, with one-over-one double-hung windows (now filled in with stone - my commentary). The wall above the two second floor windows is articulated by two recessed panels and a two course decorative brick band at the top of the parapet.
- National Register Application
Since 1912, this two-story building has remained the only brick structure on the west side of Main Street. The Store front, still intact, invites passersby to the Calico Rock-Pineville Chamber of Commerce.
- Historic Calico Rock Arkansas on the White River brochure
Two-story brick People’s Bank of Calico Rock Building—Built in 1912 for the People’s Bank of Calico Rock, this was the only brick building in the 100 block on the west side of Main Street (and still is). The front portion of the first floor housed the bank (and you can still see the original bank teller’s cage and furniture inside), while the rear portion of the first floor was a printing office until at least 1930 (maybe for the newspaper?). The bank remained in this location until 1970, when it moved to a new building west of Main Street up on the hill. In 1992 the bank moved to a location on Hwy. 56 and is now known as First National Bank of Izard County. The first floor was later home to Perry Matthews Real Estate (and in the 1980s, Sharp Realty; recent memory, chamber of commerce).
The second floor, which was accessed by the door to the left of the storefront, housed a variety of professional offices, including physicians Dr. Harlin Smith and Dr. Noel “Buck” Copp, dentists Dr. Douglas Matthews and Dr. Milburn, Willie Hill Matthews Abstract Co., both Matthews and Hudson Insurance companies, Sybil McGinness’s art studio, and the first Hospital Auxiliary shop. The building features arched window openings on its second floor, recessed rectangular panels, and corbelled brick at the cornice. The interior retains its original pressed tin ceilings.
- 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:
130 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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