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The Ashdown Commercial Historic District encompasses part of the historic commercial heart of Ashdown, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas. This area was developed primarily between 1905 and 1945, and represents the city's growth during that time as a cotton and lumber center.
The school was used in an integrated setting, mainly as a junior high school, until 1979, when the new Junior High opened for the 1979–1980 school year. The building on Hamilton Street was utilized as a Primary Center until it burned, in 1980. [2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]
Ashdown (formerly Turkey Flats and Keller) is a city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. The community was incorporated in 1892 and has been the county seat since 1906. [ 3 ] Located within the Arkansas Timberlands between the Little River and the Red River , Ashdown's economy and development have historically been tied to the ...
Marion H. Crank, Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, 1963–1964; Democratic gubernatorial nominee, 1968; resided in Foreman, interred there at Holy Cross Cemetery [20] Jeff Davis, Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and the 20th Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas [21]
The following are tallies of current listings in Arkansas on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Little River County was cut from Sevier County and established in 1867. The county seat was established in Alleene in 1867 and was moved to Richmond in 1880. The courthouse burned in 1882 and citizens of Richmond rebuilt the courthouse for free in hopes of keeping county administration in town, where it remained until moving to Rocky Comfort in 1902.
Arkansas Delta Local history Includes local history (social clubs, lumber industry, river port, etc.) and Civil War history. Housed in the oldest civic building in Phillips County and the oldest purpose build museum building in the state. Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center: Piggott: Clay: Arkansas Delta History
The Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad Depot is a historic train station at the junction of Whitaker Avenue and Frisco Street in Ashdown, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure in the Plain Traditional style with Folk Victorian elements. Notable decorative elements include brackets in the eaves and Stick-style woodwork in the gables.