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December 24, 2008. The Prescott Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic commercial core of Prescott, Arkansas, the county seat of Nevada County. Prescott was laid out in 1873, after the railroad was built through the area that is now Nevada County, and the railroad has played a significant role in the city's development.
05-57260. GNIS feature ID. 2404569 [ 2] Website. www .prescottar .com. Prescott is a city and the county seat of Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. [ 3] The community had a population of 3,296 at the 2010 census. Prescott is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Beginning around 11,700 B.C.E., the first indigenous people inhabited the area now known as Arkansas after crossing today's Bering Strait, formerly Beringia. [3] The first people in modern-day Arkansas likely hunted woolly mammoths by running them off cliffs or using Clovis points, and began to fish as major rivers began to thaw towards the end of the last great ice age. [4]
The Prairie D'Ane Battlefield, [3] also known as Prairie D'Ann Battlefield or Prairie De Ann Battlefield in anglicized forms, was the site of the Civil War Battle of Prairie D'Ane, one of the engagements in southwestern Arkansas of the Union's Camden Expedition of 1864. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and ...
The Prescott Elks Theater and Performing Arts Centeris a classically designed turn of the 20th century opera house seating over 500. Completed in 1905 and listed on the National Register of Historic Placesas Elks Building and Theater, it was one of many "Elks' Opera Houses" across the country. Now over a hundred years later only one still exists.
Elkin's Ferry Battlefield was the site of the Battle of Elkin's Ferry, an engagement of the Camden Expedition during the American Civil War. The battlefield is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Prescott, Arkansas, spanning the Little Missouri River in Clark and Nevada counties. The 575-acre (233 ha) battlefield area was designated a part ...
There are 19 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. Another three properties were once listed, but have since been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024. [2]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]