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Monticello (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɛ l oʊ / ⓘ MON-tiss-EL-oh) is a college town in, and the county seat of, Drew County, Arkansas. [3] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,467. [ 4 ] Founded in 1849 in the Arkansas Timberlands near the Arkansas Delta region, the city has long been a commercial, cultural and educational hub for ...
The Monticello Commercial Historic District encompasses a portion of the historic business district of Monticello, the seat of Drew County, Arkansas. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1] Monticello was laid out in the 1850s, but none of its early commercial buildings have survived.
Drew County is a county located in the southeast region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,350. [1] The county seat and largest city is Monticello. [2] Drew County was formed on November 26, 1846, and named for Thomas Drew, [3] the third governor of Arkansas.
Monticello Municipal Airport (ICAO: KLLQ, FAA LID: LLQ, formerly M76), also known as Ellis Field, is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Monticello, in Drew County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the City of Monticello.
The Monticello North Main Street Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district on the north side of Monticello, Arkansas.Most of the twenty buildings in the district were built between 1880 and 1910, during a period of expansion and prosperity in the area.
The Ridgeway Hotel Historic District encompasses three buildings located just east of the town square of Monticello, Arkansas.The centerpiece of the district is the Ridgeway Hotel, a five-story brick building built in 1930; it is the tallest, and one of the most elaborately decorated buildings in Monticello's central business district.
The Lambert House is a historic house at 204 West Jackson Street in Monticello, Arkansas. The Colonial Revival house was built in 1905 to a design by noted local architect S. C. Hotchkiss. It was built for Walter Lambert, who owned one of Monticello's first grocery stores.
The Monticello Post Office is a historic post office building at 211 West Gaines Street in Monticello, Arkansas.The single-story brick Art Deco building was built in 1937. In 1941 a terra cotta sculpture by Berta Margoulies entitled Tomato Sculpture was installed in the building, which was funded in part by the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the United States Department of the Treasury.