2008 Annual Report
From the Director
Federal Fiscal Year 2008 was another busy one for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. The agency awarded a total of $2,598,690 in grants for historic preservation projects around the state. More than $6.3 million were invested in the state's historic properties through federal historic preservation tax incentives. Main Street Arkansas expanded its Arkansas Downtown Network, which brings Main Street services to more Arkansas towns, and worked closely with the Rural Heritage Development Initiative. The agency's Section 106 staff reviewed thousands of federal undertakings and completed several long-standing negotiations.
The AHPP continues to use GIS and GPS technology to further its historic preservation goals, including locating surviving sections of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. The agency is working with cities across Arkansas to list additional commercial areas on the National Register of Historic Places, making more properties eligible to take advantage of preservation tax credits. Additional cities are preparing to join the Certified Local Government program, and the AHPP's education programs for students and adults will reach record numbers of Arkansans during FFY09.
Frances McSwain
AHPP Director
FFY08: The Year in Review
- Students visited by AHPP educational outreach programs: 3,815
- Adults visited by AHPP educational outreach programs: 993
- County Courthouse Preservation Subgrants: $1 million
- Historic Preservation Restoration Grants: $832,365
- Main Street Downtown Revitalization Grants: $320,000
- Main Street Model Business Grants: $28,050
- Certified Local Government Grants: $372,450
- Documentary Media Grants: $45,325
- Assistance provided to some 2,523 Arkansans
- Properties nominated to the National Register of Historic Places: 70
- Properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places: 56
- Properties listed on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places: 4
- Project Grants received: $1 million from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, $150,000 from Preserve America and $640,863 from the National Park Service
- Tax projects: 6 projects completed, representing $6,334,466.31 in private investment
- Conservation easements: 15 added, 325 total
- Federal undertakings reviewed: 3,295
- Technical assistance provided: 12,674 constituents
Highlights of Federal Fiscal Year 2008
Grant Programs
The AHPP awarded $2,598,690 in grants during FFY08, providing assistance to historic properties, county courthouses and downtown areas. (A complete list of grant projects is included in Appendix I.) Grants were awarded as follows:
$1 million in County Courthouse Restoration Subgrants, which distribute state Real Estate Transfer Tax funds provided through the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council for preservation of National Register-listed buildings that serve courthouse functions. Recipients included Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Cleveland, Columbia, Crawford, Drew, Franklin, Howard, Izard, Little River, Mississippi, Poinsett, Pulaski, Stone, Union, White and Woodruff counties.
$832,865 in Historic Preservation Restoration Grants, which are available to municipalities and non-profit organizations for properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places or to any owners of Arkansas Register-listed properties if the work done will make them National Register-eligible. Grants were awarded for projects at Lepanto, Yellville, Arkadelphia, Batesville, Hampton, Blytheville, Bradford, El Dorado, Hamburg, Mulberry, Norfork, Springdale, Texarkana, Eureka Springs, Little Rock, Jerome, Marianna, Monticello, Camden, Portland and Pottsville.
$322,450 in Certified Local Government Grants was awarded to Benton, Blytheville, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Helena-West Helena, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Morrilton, North Little Rock, Rogers, Texarkana and Van Buren. A $50,000 grant from the federal Preserve America program was awarded to the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas to hire a Preserve America community agent to address statewide preservation issues.
$45,325 in Documentary Media Grants was awarded for projects in Scott and Little Rock.
$320,000 in Main Street Downtown Restoration Grants were awarded to the Main Street Arkansas programs in Batesville, Blytheville, Dumas, El Dorado, Hardy, Helena-West Helena, Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Rogers, Russellville, Searcy, Texarkana, West Memphis and Little Rock’s South Main Street (SoMa).
$28,050 in Main Street Model Business Grants was awarded to the local Main Street Arkansas programs in Batesville, Helena-West Helena and Searcy. This program provides funds for improvements to local businesses that then serve as models for their cities.
The AHPP also received a $640,863 grant from the National Park Service to finance the agency's survey and planning activities, a $1 million grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council for the County Courthouse Restoration Subgrant program, and a $150,000 Preserve America grant CLG grants to develop local heritage and preservation plans.
National Register of Historic Places
Fremont Stokes house
A total of 56 properties in 34 Arkansas counties were added to the National Register of Historic Places, the country's official list of historic properties worthy of preservation, during FFY08. (A complete list is available in Appendix II below.) Those included nominations that constituents prepared with the assistance of AHPP staff members, as well as staff-generated nominations for bridges, properties associated with highway culture in the state and properties related to the Indian Removals of the 1830s. The AHPP's State Review Board nominated a total of 70 properties to the National Register during the federal fiscal year.
The National Register program's initiative to list more Arkansas commercial districts on the register, with the goal of making more downtown property owners eligible to take advantage of the 20-percent historic preservation tax credit for reuse of structures for income-producing use, moved forward during FFY08. New commercial districts were listed in Magnolia, West Memphis, Fordyce, Charleston, Pine Bluff, Ashdown, Huntsville, Texarkana, Benton, Waldron, Fayetteville, Augusta, and Cotton Plant, while surveys were undertaken in Hartford, Hamburg, Tyronza, Pocahontas, Mena, Rogers, Rector, Piggott, and Paris. Other towns that have discussed establishing commercial historic districts include Monticello, Marked Tree and Wynne.
The National Register recognizes properties significant at the local, state and national levels for their association with historic themes, significant people or architects, their method of construction or architectural style, or their potential to provide future information through archeological study or other research.
Four properties were listed on the Arkansas Register during FFY08. The Arkansas Register recognizes historically significant properties that are not eligible for National Register recognition, usually because of non-historic alterations. (Those properties are identified below.)
Properties in Madison and Woodruff counties were added to the National Register during FFY07, making a total of 10 listed in that county and bringing the AHPP closer to its goal of having a minimum of 10 National Register listings in each of the state's 75 counties. Only five counties now have fewer than 10 listings.
The National Register staff provided technical assistance to 1,627 constituents from the office and made on-site presentations or technical assistance visits to 584 people during FFY08. Assistance was provided to Arkansans from Alpena, Altus, Appleton, Arkadelphia, Arkansas City, Ash Flat, Ashdown, Atkins, Augusta, Bald Knob, Batesville, Bauxite, Beebe, Benton, Bentonville, Berryville, Bigelow, Bismarck, Blevins, Blue Eye, Blytheville, Booneville, Boydell, Brinkley, Bryant, Burdette, Busch, Calico Rock, Camden, Caraway, Carlisle, Carrolton, Carryville, Cash, Cave Springs, Cecil, Charleston, Charlotte, Chidester, Clarendon, Clarksville, Clinton, Coal Hill, Columbus, Conway, Cornerstone, Corning, Cotter, Cotton Plant, Crawfordsville, Dardanelle, Datto, Delaplaine, Dennard, Denver, DeValls Bluff, DeWitt, Driggs, Dumas, Dyess,, East Camden, Edgemont, El Dorado, Emmet, Ethel, Eudora, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Flippin, Fordyce, Forrest City, Fort Smith, Gentry, Gilham, Glenwood, Grange, Greenwood, Greers Ferry, Hagarsville, Hamburg, Hampton, Hardy, Harmony, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hartford, Hartman, Hazen, Heber Springs, Helena-West Helena, Hermitage, Hooker, Hope, Hot Springs, Humnoke, Hunt, Huntington, Huntsville, Jacksonville, Jasper, Jonesboro, Junction City, Kingston. Knobel, Lake Village, Lamar, Laneburg, Lavaca, Lepanto, Little Rock, Lonoke, Mabelvale, Magnolia, Malvern, Mammoth Springs, Mansfield, Marked Tree, Marshall, Marvell, Maumelle, Mayflower, McDougal, McRae, Mena, Menifee, Monette, Monticello, Moreland, Morrilton, Mountain Home, Mountain View, Murfreesboro, Newark, Newport, Nimmons, Norfolk, North Little Rock, Oakhaven, Okolona, Ola, Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Paris, Parkdale, Peach Orchard, Pencil Bluff, Perryville, Pickens, Piggott, Pine Bluff, Pine Grove, Plainview, Plummerville, Pollard, Ponca, Pottsville, Prescott, Quitman, Rector, Rogers, Rosston, Russellville, Saint Francis, Saint James, Saint Paul, Scott, Scottsville, Scranton, Searcy, Selma, Sheridan, Sherrill, Sherwood, Smackover, Springdale, Springfield, Stuttgart, Success, Texarkana, Tillar, Trumann, Tyronza, Van Buren, Vilonia, Walcott, Waldron, Walnut Ridge, Waltreak, Washington, Watson, Webb City, West Memphis, Winslow, Wooster and Wynne.
Section 106 Review
The AHPP Section 106 review program area reviewed 3,295 federal undertakings during FFY08. These included two historic preservation management plans, 206 cultural resources survey reports, two archeological data recovery plans, 10 environmental impact statements, and 18 environmental assessments. Additionally, three programmatic agreements, three Memoranda of Agreement, and two historic preservation covenants were signed by the SHPO, three burial excavation permits were issued, 200 properties were determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, 780 properties were determined ineligible, and 965 archeological sites (provided by the Arkansas Archeological Survey) were added to our site maps.
Major projects reviewed during FFY08 were the Lake Fort Smith Water Supply project, the SWEPCO power plant near Fulton, a proposed industrial site near the Little Rock Port, the proposed sale of the Downtown El Dorado Post Office by the USPS, a comprehensive cultural landscape management plan for Hot Springs National Park, the Grand Prairie and Bayou Meto water distribution projects, and an EPA super fund clean-up site in Fort Smith.
Section 106 personnel provided technical assistance to 1,881 constituents during FFY08, including people from Alma, Alpena, Arkadelphia, Arkansas City, Ashdown, Atkins, Augusta, Austin, Bald Knob, Banks, Barling, Batesville, Bay, Beaver, Beebe, Benton, Bentonville, Berryville, Biggers, Birdeye, Blytheville, Booneville, Boxley, Bryant, Cabot, Caddo Gap, Calico Rock, Camden, Carlisle, Center Point, Charleston, Cherry Hill, Clarksville, Clinton, Conway, Corning, Cotter, Damascus, Danville, Datto, De Queen, Dermott, DeValls Bluff, DeWitt, Dumas, Dyer, El Dorado, Elm Springs, Eudora, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Flippin, Foreman, Forrest City, Fort Chaffee, Fort Smith, Fulton, Gassville, Gillett, Gilmore, Gould, Gravette, Green Forest, Greenbrier, Hackett, Harrisburg, Harrison, Haskell, Heber Springs, Helena-West Helena, Holiday Island, Hope, Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village, Huntington, Huntsville, Jacksonville, Jerusalem, Jonesboro, Judsonia, Lake Village, Lavaca, Letona, Lincoln, Little Rock, London, Lonoke, Lowell, Magnolia, Malvern, Marianna, Marked Tree, Marshall, Marvell, Maumelle, Maynard, Melbourne, Mena, Monticello, Morrilton, Mount Ida, Mountain Home, Mountain View, Mountainburg, Murfreesboro, Newport, Norfolk, Norman, North Little Rock, Osage, Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Paris, Parkin, Paron, Pea Ridge, Perryville, Piggott, Pine Bluff, Pocahontas, Ponca, Portia, Pottsville, Powhatan, Prairie Grove, Pruitt, Rogers, Rush, Russellville, Salesville, Scotland, Scott, Searcy, Sheridan, Siloam Springs, Slovak, Southside, Springdale, Star City, Stuttgart, Sulphur Springs, Texarkana, Tillar, Tontitown, Turrell, Tyronza, Van Buren, Vilonia, Walnut Ridge, War Eagle, Warren, Washington, West Fork, West Memphis, Wilson, Winslow, and Yellville.
Certified Local Governments and Preserve America
The Certified Local Government (CLG) program represents a partnership between the AHPP, the National Park Service and city and county governments to protect historic resources at the local level. Arkansas cities and counties are eligible to participate in the CLG program if they have a historic district commission implementing the provisions of the Arkansas Historic Districts Act through a local preservation ordinance. In FFY08, the CLG program continued to provide training, technical support, and grant assistance to Arkansas's local historic district commissions.
The City of Blytheville joined the Certified Local Government program in FFY08. The Blytheville Commercial Historic District is protected by a local preservation ordinance.
One new Arkansas city was certified by the National Park Service in FFY08. Blytheville joined Conway, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fort Smith, Helena-West Helena, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Morrilton, North Little Rock, Osceola, Pine Bluff, Rogers, Texarkana, and Van Buren to bring Arkansas's total number of Certified Local Governments to 15. Each of these cities features one or more locally designated historic districts protected by a local preservation ordinance.
During FFY08 Batesville, Benton, Russellville, and Tyronza each appointed a new historic district commission and are currently pursuing CLG status, along with Fayetteville, which passed a preservation ordinance in FFY08 to protect the White Hanger at Drake Field. Russellville also passed a preservation ordinance in FFY08 to protect the Russellville Historic District. Texarkana designated the Beech Street historic district under its local preservation ordinance in FFY08.
The AHPP hosted a commissioner training workshop in North Little Rock in November 2007 (held in conjunction with Arkansas Preservation Conference) at which more than 30 local preservation commissioners and staff received a day of focused instruction. The AHPP also hosted a CLG training session in Little Rock in April 2008 on how to implement local survey programs and demolition-by-neglect ordinances. Additionally, more than 50 local preservation commissioners and staff from Arkansas attended the National Commission Forum in July 2008 for four days of intense training on a variety of preservation issues.
The AHPP annually grants at least 10 percent of its federal funding for projects in CLGs or in cities seeking to join the program. In FFY08, a total of $372,450 was awarded for projects in 14 cities. Projects included architectural surveys, interpretive signage, and development of design guidelines for local historic districts. Since 1983, the AHPP has awarded more than $2.5 million to assist the efforts of local preservation commissions.
The Preserve America program encourages economic revitalization through preservation and heritage tourism. More information is available at www.preserveamerica.gov.
The Preserve America program is a federal initiative to further enhance local efforts to promote cultural heritage by emphasizing the connection between historic preservation, tourism, and economic development. El Dorado was named a Preserve America community by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in FFY08, joining Blytheville, Dumas, Eureka Springs, Fort Smith, Helena-West Helena, Little Rock, Osceola, and Van Buren.
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program received a $150,000 Preserve America grant from the National Park Service in FFY08. $100,000 was subgranted to Preserve America communities to develop local plans for preserving historic resources and promoting heritage tourism. Blytheville, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fort Smith, Little Rock, Texarkana, and Van Buren each received a Preserve America subgrant.
The remaining $50,000 was subgranted to the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas to procure a Preserve America Community Agent. This new full-time position will actively develop the Preserve America initiative in Arkansas beginning in FFY09, in concert with the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and the Arkansas Division of Tourism. The Preserve America Community Agent is the first position of its type in the US and will serve as a pilot project for other states.
The AHPP’s CLG personnel provided technical assistance to 1,469 constituents – including 517 on-site visits – during FFY08, including residents of Arkansas, Augusta, Batesville, Benton, Bentonville, Blytheville, Conway, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Helena-West Helena, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Magnolia, Monticello, Morrilton, North Little Rock, Osceola, Pine Bluff, Rogers, Russellville, Siloam Springs, Texarkana, Tyronza, Van Buren and West Memphis.
Main Street Arkansas
Eureka Springs is a new member of the Arkansas Downtown Network. As a result of a Main Street Arkansas First Impressions visit, downtown Eureka Springs is promoting their new brand of Eureka! Made products.
During the fiscal year 2008 Main Street Arkansas (MSA) proudly welcomed eight new towns to the Arkansas Downtown Network (ADN), and graduated Little Rock’s Southside Main to the Main Street Program. The new Arkansas Downtown Network communities are: Sheridan, Morrilton, Walnut Ridge, Rector, Siloam Springs, Crawfordsville, Jonesboro and DeWitt. Among the services and benefits ADN cities receive are access to Main Street Arkansas’s quarterly trainings, organizational assistance, limited technical assistance from Main Street staff members, and access to the Main Street resource center. MSA design and small business consultants are conducting site visits at all of the ADN communities, while MSA director Cary Tyson, and assistant directors Greg Phillips and Caroline Millar are working with the communities to develop their boards.
In May, MSA held an intensive, two-day 4-Point Approach™ training at MSA’s Main Street Arkansas Downtown Revitalization Institute. At the training, experts in downtown revitalization presented intensive, half-day sessions on each of the four work areas of the Main Street Four-Point Approach. Stephanie Redman, a consultant from New Mexico, presented on how to organize a downtown revitalization program; Kathy LaPlante, program officer with the National Trust Main Street Center, showed all the ways to promote downtown; Keith Kjelstrom, an economist from California, spoke on how to best position downtowns economically; and Kevin Pomeroy, AICP, a planner and architectural design consultant, spoke on downtown streetscapes and historic architectural design.
MSA held a quarterly training in July in Hardy, Arkansas, at which Louisiana Main Street design consultant Leon Steele presented Louisiana Main Street’s statewide Main to Main tourism program, with special emphasis on heritage tourism. During the training, Steele asked Main Street and Downtown Network directors and board members to brainstorm for ways to grow heritage tourism in their own communities, and share new ideas to implement in their 2008 work plans. Also at the training, Main Street Arkansas interior design consultant Susan Shaddox gave a hands-on workshop entitled “Secret Shop Walk,” in which everyone learned the do’s and don’ts of storefront and store interior design.
People and projects in eleven Arkansas communities were honored on January 9 with Main Street Arkansas awards, which are presented biannually to recognize outstanding achievements in downtown revitalization. The Main Street Arkansas Advisory board selected the awards, which were presented at the annual Arkansas Municipal League in Little Rock. The Main Street Arkansas Awards were:
- Best Creative Fundraising Effort—Main Street El Dorado’s Union County Rock, Paper, and Scissors championship
- Best Public/Private Partnership—Money for Main Economic Incentive Program, Main Street Blytheville and the Blytheville/Gosnell Chamber of Commerce
- Best Façade Renovation Over $10,000—Garrett Building, Main Street El Dorado
- Best Façade Renovation Under $10,000—Bass Music, Main Street Paragould
- Best Downtown Public Improvement Project—Dickey-Stephens Park, Main Street Argenta (North Little Rock)
- Best Window Display (tie)—Hoffman Architectural, Main Street Searcy, and Flowers by William, Main Street Dumas
- Best New Exterior Signage—Daisy BB Guns, Main Street Rogers
- Best Special Event—Downtown blues and BBQ, Main Street Texarkana
- Best Promotional Publication—“Showdown at Sunset” Trading Cards, Main Street El Dorado
- Best New Downtown Business (tie)—Elm Street Bakery, Main Street El Dorado and Cotton and Kudzu, Main Street Helena
- Best Upper Floor Development—Larry and Joy Pennington, Main Street Argenta
- Outstanding Main Street Merchant—Mary Gay Shipley form That Bookstore in Blytheville, Main Street Blytheville
- Best Business Commitment to Downtown (tie)—Beth Guest, Main Street Roger and Rivertowne BBQ, Main Street Ozark
- Royce Bolding Volunteer of the Year—Ron Bird, Main Street Rogers
- Judy Thacker Board Member of the Year—Ed McClure, Main Street Rogers
- Spirit of Main Street (tie)—Ed Hollar, Main Street Batesville, and Ramona Clower, Main Street Blytheville
- Executive Director of the Year—Michael Drake, Main Street Argenta
During FFY 08, Main Street Arkansas partnered with the nonprofit small business consulting organization, alt.Consulting to form a pilot program for six Main Street Arkansas communities: Blytheville, Osceola, West Memphis, Helena, Dumas and El Dorado. alt.consulting business consultants only work with business owners who can commit to a minimum of 20 hours with one-on-one consulting sessions on site. During FY08, alt.consulting made 14 site visits of up to 40 hours of intense one-on-one assistance in the six Main Street Arkansas communities.
Despite the devastating tornado that hit Dumas, downtown remains active and vital thanks to a strong Main Street program.
In the final year of the WK Kellogg-funded Rural Heritage Development Initiative, the Arkansas Delta pilot program has focused its efforts on continued development of a heritage trails system interpreting the music, African American and agricultural heritage of the 15-county region in eastern Arkansas. Heritage trail development efforts have led directly to historic building preservation, rehabilitation and reuse both in Main Street Arkansas communities and smaller towns throughout the region. Specific examples include work on Pickens Baptist Church in Dumas; the Greyhound Bus Station in Blytheville; KVSA; "the voice of Southeast Arkansas" in Dermott; and Dyess Colony Administration Building in Dyess. Additional RHDI activities have focused on building the relationship with our partner, the University of Arkansas's Clinton School of Public Service, to expand the Arkansas DeltaMade program and explore the feasibility of a kitchen incubator facility in downtown West Memphis as an economic catalyst for small and local food-based businesses.
Mark Miller and Susan Shaddox’s small business and design workshops are finding wide-spread popularity in Main Street and Arkansas Downtown Network communities. Miller and Shaddox’s “Surviving in a Big Box World” and “Designing Window Displays that Sell” are hands-on workshops customized to suit the special business and design needs in each community. In addition to the workshops, Miller and Shaddox visit with merchants on-site to help consult one-on-one to improve business practices, and the design of the storefronts and store interiors. Main Street exterior design consultant Nancy Lowe advises merchants and property owners on improvements that can be made to stabilize and enhance their historic properties, as well as the downtown streetscapes. Shaddox and Lowe each published articles in the Main Street News; respectively “Dressed up Fitting Rooms (July 2007), and “Conserving Energy for Main Street Buildings” (August 2007).
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Deputy Director Marian Boyd and Main Street Director Cary Tyson received the Main Street Partner Award for their service on the executive committee for the Main Street Coordinating Programs. Cary Tyson is now vice president of the executive committee. The executive committee is charged with leading the Main Street movement in the 21st century, working towards having 50 successful state programs and ensuring the movement's continued relevance and promotion. MSA issued $102,562 in Model Business Grants and $258,487 in Downtown Revitalization Grants, some of which were targeted for slipcover removal.
The Main Street Arkansas staff provided technical assistance to 2,523 Arkansans during FFY08, including constituents from the 17 Main Street Arkansas cities: Batesville, Blytheville, Dumas, El Dorado, Hardy, Harrison, Helena, North Little Rock, Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Rogers, Russellville, Searcy, Southside Main in Little Rock, Texarkana and West Memphis, and to Arkansas Downtown Network communities Crawfordsville, Dewitt, Eureka Springs, Heber Springs, Jonesboro, Morrilton, Pine Bluff, Rector, Sheridan, Siloam Springs, and Walnut Ride. Also receiving assistance from the Main Street staff during the year were residents of Bauxite, Conway, Hot Springs, Lakeport, Little Rock, Mount Ida, Paris, and Solgohachia.
The economic development achievements of Main Street Arkansas continued to grow during FFY08. The cities involved in Main Street recorded 176 new jobs during the year, as well as a net gain of 45 new businesses and 21 business expansions and relocations into downtown areas. The 17 towns saw 57 façade renovations, building rehabilitations and new construction projects in their downtown areas, representing $4,909,848 in public and private investment. The Main Street cities recorded eight Main Street-generated public improvement projects reflecting 382,810 in public and private investment during FFY08, and logged in 26,831 volunteer hours during the year.
Since its inception in 1984, Main Street Arkansas cities have yielded a net gain of 4,663 jobs, 916 new businesses and 906 business expansions and relocations into downtown. A total of $128,421,317 in investment has financed 2,737 façade renovations, rehabilitations and new construction projects. The Main Street cities have seen 709 public improvement projects valued at $17,069,020 and 413,136 volunteer hours on Main Street matters.
Historic Preservation Tax Credits
Perhaps, the main financial incentive for adaptive reuse of historic structures in the United States is a 20–percent historic preservation tax credit for such projects, which the AHPP administers in Arkansas. During FFY08, six Arkansas tax projects were completed in Conway, Heber Springs, two projects in Little Rock, and two projects in North Little Rock, representing $6,334,466.31 in private investment.
AHPP Tax Credit personnel provided technical assistance to 354 people during FFY08, including residents of Arkadelphia, Atkins, Batesville, Beebe, Blytheville, Camden, Conway, Crawfordsville, DeWitt, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Gentry, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hartford, Heber Springs, Helena-West Helena, Hot Springs, Huntington, Huntsville, Jacksonport, Knobel, Lepanto, Little Rock, Mansfield, Marked Tree, Mena, Monticello, Morrilton, Mountain Home, North Little Rock, Ozark, Paragould, Pea Ridge, Perryville, Piggott, Plainview, Pocahontas, Pruitt, Rector, Russellville, Springdale, Stuttgart, Texarkana and Van Buren, War Eagle and West Memphis.
The program also made on-site presentations or technical assistance visits to 54 people, including residents of Arkadelphia, Atkins, Batesville, Beebe, Blytheville, Camden, Conway, Crawfordsville, DeWitt, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Gentry, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hartford, Heber Springs, Helena-West Helena, Hot Springs, Huntington, Huntsville, Jacksonport, Knobel, Lepanto, Little Rock, Mansfield, Marked Tree, Mena, Monticello, Morrilton, Mountain Home, North Little Rock, Ozark, Paragould, Pea Ridge, Perryville, Piggott, Plainview, Pocahontas, Pruitt, Rector, Russellville, Springdale, Stuttgart, Texarkana and Van Buren, War Eagle and West Memphis.
Special Projects
The AHPP supported efforts of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission as it began planning for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which will commence in 2011. The commission’s website at www.arkansascivilwar150.com was unveiled.
Special Projects historians identified Trail of Tears-related sites in Arkansas and continued to develop National Register nominations for eligible segments.
The AHPP continued to improve its web site during FFY07, adding dozens of additional National Register nominations to the searchable database as well as downloadable publications and lesson plans.
The Special Projects section completed a multiple-property historic context for historic properties associated with the Arkansas homefront during World War II. Special Projects staff also developed several National Register nominations of properties that African-American contractor Silas Owens Sr. constructed.
The Special Projects staff began a project to identify and promote historic preservation as “green” and sustainable.
The AHPP continued working with the six regional Arkansas Civil War Heritage Trail groups, providing technical assistance to the groups and publishing the Arkansas Battlefield Update newsletter to keep Trail members aware of activities across the state.
Preservation Outreach Program
During FFY08, the AHPP continued to offer its "Sandwiching in History" and "Walks through History" tour programs. The tours highlight historic resources in individual communities and educate citizens about their significance, increasing local pride and interest. The AHPP's personal attention to each of the communities and resources it visits makes this program a success year after year. The AHPP worked in partnership with local preservation-minded groups to promote the "Walks through History" tours and cooperated with local media for other means of advertising the tours. In addition, AHPP staff members continued to provide specialized programs to different interest groups across the state. While these programs focused on a wide variety of topics, the overall theme was preservation education and appreciation.
AHPP staff continued their efforts to reach all Arkansans on a variety of preservation topics through the publication of articles in various local, state and national publications. AHPP articles focused on specific properties in Arkansas with high levels of significance recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as well as topics of current interest in preservation.
A total of 993 Arkansans attended the AHPP programs during FFY08. Educational programs were held in Augusta, Conway, Dumas, Heber Springs, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Mena, Fordyce, Mountain Home, North Little Rock, Osceola, Pine Bluff and Plainview.
AHPP Preservation Outreach personnel provided technical assistance to 972 constituents during the year, including residents of Arkansas City, Augusta, Beebe, Bentonville, Charleston, Conway, Dumas, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Flippin, Fordyce, Fort Smith, Harrisburg, Harrison, Heber Springs, Hope, Hot Springs, Huntsville, Leslie, Little Rock, Lonoke, Mena, Mountain Home, North Little Rock, Osceola, Paragould, Paris, Plainview, Pocahontas, Romance, Searcy, Selma, Sheridan, Star City, Texarkana, Waldron, Warren and Washington.
Historic Site Survey
The AHPP's survey historians were busy during FFY08, continuing statewide surveys of structures designed by architect John Parks Almand, structures erected by the Depression-era Public Works Administration, steel bridges, structures associated with cotton and rice farming in the Arkansas Delta, bridges built by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, and properties linked to early twentieth-century efforts to eradicate Texas tick fever from Arkansas cattle. AHPP historians travel thousands of miles across the state each year, recording information on historic structures that is used later in nominating buildings to the National Register of Historic Places or is placed in the agency database of 32,482 properties for future research. Some surveys are done at constituent request, others are done as part of agency documentation projects and some are done to create a record of historic buildings destined for demolition. The AHPP maintains an architectural resource form, black-and-white photographs and negatives, and color slides on each of the properties it surveys.
AHPP personnel surveyed 344 historic properties during FFY08, including sites at Altus, Appleton, Atkins, Bald Knob, Batesville, Bigelow, Brinkley, Calico Rock, Camden, Cane Hill, Caraway, Carlisle, Carrollton, Cash, Cave Springs, Charlotte, Clarksville, Coal Hill, Columbus, Conway, Cotton Plant, Crawfordsville, Dardanelle, DeWitt, El Dorado, Emmet, Ethel, Eureka Springs, Evening Shade, Fayetteville, Forrest City, Fort Smith, Glenwood, Gobbler, Grange, Greenwood, Hagarville, Hardy, Harmony, Hartford, Hartman, Helena-West Helena, Hot Springs, Hunt, Huntington, Jacksonville, Lake Village, Little Rock, Mabelvale, Mammoth Spring, Marked Tree, Marvell, Mena, Monticello, Moreland, Morrilton, Mountain Home, Newport, North Little Rock, Oakhaven, Oden, Paris, Perryville, Pfeiffer, Pickens, Prairie Grove, Rogers, Rosston, Russellville, Scottsville, Scranton, Sheridan, Sherwood, Tyronza, Walcott, Watson, West Memphis and Wynne.
Historic Property Data
Information on 721 historic properties was entered in the AHPP's historic sites database during FFY08, including 193 generated by staff or Certified Local Government personnel and nine prepared as mitigation to federal undertakings. These records include complete architectural information on several National Register-listed historic districts around the state. This information will be accessible to answer constituent inquiries, to determine what properties could be affected by federal undertakings, and for other research purposes. The database currently contains information on 32,482 Arkansas properties. The agency also continued integrating its survey materials to consolidate survey forms, slides, photographs and negatives to make them more accessible to researchers.
Education Outreach Program
The AHPP continues to focus as a top priority on efforts to instill an appreciation of Arkansas's historic properties in the state's students by making presentations across Arkansas and by training teachers to include historic preservation elements in their classroom instruction.
AHPP Education Outreach Coordinator Rachel Miller participated in in-service training for Arkansas teachers during FFY08.
A new lesson plan, "Home on the Arkansas Range: Homes of the Early Arkansas Pioneers" was completed during FFY08. Lesson plans and other educational materials were distributed statewide and nationwide and are available on the AHPP web site.
The AHPP has changed the annual Preserve Our Past Art and Essay Invitational to include art only. Over 350 students participated in the event during Spring 2008, with winning art entries displayed at the Old State House Museum during Arkansas Heritage Month, which is celebrated every May.
The AHPP will host several Children’s Preservation Walking Tours for teachers and students during the 2008-2009 school year. Teachers and educators are invited to request a walking tour of their community from the AHPP education program.
The AHPP and Radio Disney hosted the "A Historic Moment in Arkansas" essay contest. Around 100 students participated in the event. Two students from Pulaski County won the top two prizes, and each student was interviewed, which was broadcasted on Radio Disney throughout the month of December 2007.
The AHPP presented historic preservation programs to 3,815 students in schools at Alpena, Bald Knob, Barton, Batesville, Benton, Cedarville, Clarendon, Conway, Danville, El Dorado, Elaine, Green Forest, Greenbrier, Holly Grove, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Marvell, Mayflower, Monticello, Murfreesboro, Ozark, Paragould, Piggott, Poyen, Rector, Russellville, Sheridan, Springdale, Star City, Van Buren, White Hall, Wickes and Yellville.
AHPP education outreach personnel provided technical assistance to 98 Arkansans in Ashdown, Bigelow, Black Rock, Conway, Dumas, El Dorado, Fort Smith, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Magnolia, McGehee, Monticello, Norphlet, Piggott, Rison, Russellville and Warren.
Conservation Easements
The highest degree of protection available to the owner of a historic property can be realized through donation of a conservation easement to the AHPP. Through the easement program, owners of National Register-listed properties agree that they will not substantially alter their property. In return, the owners may be eligible for a federal tax deduction, as well as the peace of mind that their historic property will be protected long into the future. Fifteen easements were donated to the AHPP during FFY08, bringing the total number of easements the agency holds to 325.
AHPP easement program personnel povided technical assistance to 768 Arkansans, including people in Arkadelphia, Atkins, Augusta, Batesville, Benton, Blytheville, Brinkley, Burdett, Charleston, Clinton, Conway, Corning, Dumas, Dyess, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Glenwood, Hamburg, Hampton, Harrison, Heber Springs, Helena-West Helena, Hughes, Jasper, Lepanto, Little Rock, Lonoke, Magnolia, Marcella, Marianna, Monticello, Mountain Home, Mulberry, North Little Rock, Nashville, Newport, Norfork, North Little Rock, Osceola and Oxford, Paris, Parkdale, Parks, Pine Bluff, Rogers, Russellville, Searcy, Selma, Van Buren, Waldron, West Fork and Yellville.
Planning
In keeping with federal requirements, each state historic preservation office is responsible for producing a multi-year plan to guide a comprehensive array of activities to facilitate the preservation of historic resources. In Arkansas, that responsibility falls to the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. In 2007, with the help of Arkansas's historic preservation community and citizens, AHPP prepared a five-year, comprehensive statewide historic preservation plan to be in effect from 2008 through 2012. The plan is now available online. The plan serves as a guide to direct the services and programs not only of the AHPP, but also of others in Arkansas who serve the preservation community. While the plan satisfies the SHPO's federal requirements, this document serves as an overall plan for preserving the state's resources and should be used in preservation organizations' planning and decision making efforts. Click here to read the AHPP's 2008 state historic preservation plan.
Computer Technology
During FFY08, the AHPP's computer technology staff used GPS/GIS technology to map segments of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, Civil War fortifications and battlefields. Software is being developed to make the historic structures database available online through an interactive mapping program. The historic property database was improved through updates of point locations of structures within the database. The staff also created maps for the various program areas as needed.
Technical Assistance
When Arkansans are seeking answers to problems with their historic properties, they often turn to the AHPP for solutions. The AHPP’s Technical Services Coordinator can provide information and advice about appropriate renovation and restoration techniques, materials and services and help constituents make informed decisions in maintaining and preserving the historic integrity of their properties. Individual property owners, representatives of municipal government, building professionals, state and federal agencies and interested parties in other states have all taken advantage of the technical services AHPP provides. The Technical Services Coordinator regularly makes site visits to evaluate properties and discuss with the owners appropriate strategies for their continued protection.
During FFY08, the AHPP answered a total of 3,499 requests – including 852 on-site visits – for technical assistance from constituents (this number does not include those broken out by program area in above sections). Arkansans receiving technical assistance included residents of Alexander, Alpena, Altus, Amagon, Arkadelphia, Arkansas City, Ashdown, Atkins, Augusta, Bald Knob, Batesville, Bauxite, Beebe, Bella Vista, Benton, Bentonville, Big Flat, Blevins, Blue Eye, Bluff City, Blytheville, Booneville, Bradford, Brinkley, Bryant, Burdett, Busch, Cabot, Camden, Cane Hill, Caraway, Carlisle, Carrollton, Cave City, Cave Springs, Center Point, Charleston, Chismville, Clarendon, Clarksville, Clinton, Clover Bend, Coal Hill, Columbus, Conway, Corning, Cotton Plant, Crossett, Crystal Springs, Dardanelle, Datto, Delaplaine, DeQueen, DeValls Bluff, DeWitt, Des Arc, Donaldson, Dumas, Dutton, Dyess, Earle, East Camden, El Dorado, Elkins, England, Eudora, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fordyce, Forrest City, Fort Smith, Galloway, Gassville, Gillett, Glenwood, Greenbrier, Greenwood, Gurdon, Hamburg, Hampton, Hardy, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hartford, Heber Springs, Helena-West Helena, Hensley, Hermitage, Holly Grove, Hope, Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village, Hoxie, Humphrey, Huntington, Huntsville, Imboden, Jacksonport, Jacksonville, Jasper, Jerome, Johnson, Jonesboro, Judsonia, Kingsland, Knobel, Lake Village, Leachville, Leola, Lepanto, Lincoln, Little Rock, Lonoke, Lowell, Mabelvale, Magnolia, Malvern, Mammoth Spring, Marianna, Marion, Marked Tree, Marshall, Maumelle, Maynard, McCrory, McDougal, McRae, Melbourne, Mena, Menifee, Monette, Monte Ne, Monticello, Morrilton, Mount Sherman, Mountain Home, Mountain View, Mulberry, Nashville, New Edinburg, Newport, Norfolk, Norman, North Little Rock, Oden, Ola, Omaha, Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Paris, Parkdale, Parkin, Parks, Pea Ridge, Peach Orchard, Perryville, Piggott, Pine Bluff, Plainview, Plumerville, Pocahontas, Portland, Pottsville, Powhatan, Prairie Grove, Prescott, Rector, Rison, Rogers, Roland, Rosston, Russellville, Saint Francis, Saint Paul, Scott, Searcy, Selma, Sheridan, Sherrill, Sherwood, Siloam Springs, Springdale, Star City, Stuttgart, Success, Sulphur Springs, Sunset, Texarkana, Tillar, Trumann, Tyronza, Union, Van Buren, Waldo, Waldron, Walnut Ridge, War Eagle, Ward, Warren, Washington, Watson, Watson Chapel, West Memphis, White Hall, Wickes, Williford, Wilton, Wye, Wynne and Yellville.
Appendix I
Grants Awarded during FFY08
County Courthouse Restoration Subgrants
County Courthouse Restoration Subgrants
| Grantee | Project Description/Property | Awarded | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County | Continue tuck pointing - Bradley County Courthouse | $25,000 | Warren, Bradley County |
| Calhoun County | Continue tuck pointing - Calhoun County Courthouse | $13,000.00 | Hampton, Calhoun County |
| Carroll County | Complete front entrance. - Carroll County Courthouse - Eureka Springs | $35,000.00 | Eureka Springs, Carroll County |
| Cleveland County | Repair of the NW corner exterior and the interior $24,966.00 Rison, Cleveland County Courtroom and toward restoration of the exterior brick. - Cleveland County Courthouse | $24,966.00 | Rison, Cleveland County |
| Columbia County | Roof - Columbia County Courthouse | $50,000.00 | Magnolia, Columbia County |
| Crawford County | Replace deteriorated soffit; gutters; window repair; replace exterior door (basement). - Crawford County Courthouse | $137,174.00 | Van Buren, Crawford County |
| Drew County | Masonry repair - Drew County Courthouse | $135,000.00 | Monticello, Drew County |
| Franklin County | Repair entrance (east & west); and masonry repair. - Charleston - Franklin County Courthouse - Charleston | $16,274.00 | Charleston, Franklin County |
| Howard County | Replace doors; attach screens to downspouts masonry repair to mitigate water infiltration. - Howard County Courthouse | $23,052.00 | Nashville, Howard County |
| Izard County | Steel replacement windows - Izard County Courthouse | $151,760.00 | Melbourne, Izard County |
| Little River County | Replace gutters (east) - Little River County Courthouse | $65,959.00 | Ashdown, Little River County |
| Mississippi County | Roof (flashing, drains, downspouts, masonry) and Plaster repair. - Osceola - Mississippi County Courthouse - Osceola | $66,000.00 | Osceola, Mississippi County |
| Poinsett County | Roof - Poinsett County Courthouse | $109,846.00 | Harriburg, Poinsett County |
| Pulaski County | Condition assessment of skylight (1914 addition). - Pulaski County Courthouse - 1914 Addition | $17,125.00 | Little Rock, Pulaski County |
| Stone County | Replace chairlift. - Stone County Courthouse | $38,150.00 | Mountain View, Stone County |
| Union County | Masonry repair - Union County Courthouse | $20,500.00 | El Dorado, Union County |
| White County | Phase 1 of exterior paint - White County Courthouse | $42,000.00 | Searcy, White County |
| Woodruff County | Masonry repair and downspouts. - Woodruff County | $29,194.00 | Augusta, Woodruff County |
| Total: | $1,000,000.00 |
Certified Local Government Grants
| Grantee | Project Description/Property | Awarded | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Benton | Training | $3,500.00 | Benton, Saline County |
| City of Blytheville | Create design guidelines - | $7,700.00 | Blytheville, Mississippi County |
| City of El Dorado | Staff fees, training, hire consultant to expand the Murphy-Hill Historic District | $15,000.00 | El Dorado, Union County |
| City of El Dorado | Hire consultant to conduct survey and prepare National Register nomination. | $6,500.00 | El Dorado, Union County |
| City of Eureka Springs | Create a preservation plan | $17,900.00 | Eureka Springs, Carroll County |
| City of Eureka Springs | Training fees | $3,700.00 | Eureka Springs, Carroll County |
| City of Fayetteville | Training, develop Historic Structure Report for the White Hanger, and signs identify national designation. | $7,500.00 | Fayetteville, Washington County |
| City of Fort Smith | Create a preservation plan | $40,000.00 | Fort Smith, Sebastian County |
| City of Fort Smith | Training fees | $6,300.00 | Fort Smith, Sebastian County |
| City of Helena-West Helena | Salary for administrative support, training, and hire consultants to survey Cherry St. Historic District. | $12,100.00 | Helena-West Helena, Phillips County |
| City of Helena-West Helena | Create a preservation plan | $30,000.00 | Helena-West Helena, Phillips County |
| City of Hot Springs | Training fees | $8,500.00 | Hot Springs, Garland County |
| City of Little Rock | Create a preservation plan | $34,000.00 | Little Rock, Pulaski County |
| City of Little Rock | Training fees | $7,300.00 | Little Rock, Pulaski County |
| City of Morrilton | Administrative support, training, and hire consultant to develop guidelines. | $4,700.00 | Morrilton, Conway County |
| City of North Little Rock | Administrative support, training, survey to complete Baring Cross nomination | $6,650.00 | North Little Rock, Pulaski County |
| City of Rogers | Administrative support, training, survey to expand Historic District, purchase/install signs to identify historic district. | $9,600.00 | Rogers, Benton County |
| City of Russellville | Training fees | $3,500.00 | Russellville, Pope County |
| City of Texarkana | Create a preservation plan and develop design guidelines; hire consultant to conduct a survey and prepare National Register nomination. | $42,500.00 | Texarkana, Miller County |
| City of Texarkana | Administrative support and training fees | $21,000.00 | Texarkana, Miller County |
| City of Van Buren | Create a preservation plan and design guidelines. | $21,000.00 | Van Buren, Crawford County |
| City of Van Buren | Training fees | $13,500.00 | Van Buren, Crawford County |
| Historic Pres. Alliance of AR | Hire a Preserve America Community Agent to promote the Preserve America program and address statewide preservation issues. | $50,000.00 | Little Rock, Pulaski County |
| Total: | $372,450.00 |
Documentary Media Grants
| Grantee | Project Description/Property | Awarded | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Connections, Inc. | Design web page and produce film depicting the history of the exhibit. | $22,250.00 | Scott, Pulaski County |
| Television for Arkansas | "Faces Like Ours" - documentary of the German and Italian prisoners of war sent to Arkansas during WWII. | $23,075.00 | Little Rock, Pulaski County |
Downtown Restoration Grants
| Grantee | Project Description/Property | Awarded | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Batesville |
|
$5,000.00 | Batesville, Independence County |
| Main Street Blytheville | Slipcover removal - 306 W. Main | $15,000.00 | Blytheville, Mississippi County |
| Main Street Blytheville | Fund mini grant program | $5,000.00 | Blytheville, Mississippi County |
| Main Street Blytheville | Slipcover removal - 314 W. Main | $4,231.00 | Blytheville, Mississippi County |
| Main Street Blytheville | Banner and mural | $12,000.00 | Blytheville, Mississippi County |
| Main Street Blytheville | Slipcover removal - 322 W. Main | $15,000.00 | Blytheville, Mississippi County |
| Main Street Blytheville | Slipcover removal - 300 W. Main | $2,563.00 | Blytheville, Mississippi County |
| Main Street Dumas |
|
$5,000.00 | El Dorado, Union County |
| Main Street El Dorado | Fund mini grant program and promotional materials for two events. | $5,000.00 | El Dorado, Union County |
| Main Street El Dorado | Banners, benches, mini grants, and brochures | $10,000.00 | El Dorado, Union County |
| Main Street El Dorado | Rialto Theater | $4,993.00 | El Dorado, Union County |
| Main Street Hardy | Art & Crafts event fees. | $5,000.00 | Hardy, Sharp County |
| Main Street Hardy | Mini grants | $3,500.00 | Hardy, Sharp County |
| Main Street Hardy | Slipcover removal - 118 E. Main | $4,363.00 | Hardy, Sharp County |
| Main Street Helena | Slipcover removal - 407 Cherry | $15,000.00 | Helena-West Helena, Phillips County |
| Main Street Helena | Landscaping, lighting, and repair to the "Spirit of the American Doughboy" monument. | $5,000.00 | Helena-West Helena, Phillips County |
| Main Street Helena | Slipcover removal - 306 Cherry | $5,850.00 | Helena-West Helena, Phillips County |
| Main Street Helena | Mini grants | $10,000.00 | Helena-West Helena, Phillips County |
| Main Street Osceola | Fund mini grant program. | $5,000.00 | Osceola, Mississippi County |
| Main Street Ozark |
|
$5,000.00 | Ozark, Franklin County |
| Main Street Paragould |
|
$5,000.00 | Paragould, Greene County |
| Main Street Paragould | Mini grants | $20,000.00 | Paragould, Greene County |
| Main Street Paragould | Slipcover removal - 200 N. Pruett | $15,000.00 | Paragould, Greene County |
| Main Street Paragould | Slipcover removal - 209 S. Pruett | $15,000.00 | Paragould, Greene County |
| Main Street Rogers | Display booths/educational materials | $18,000.00 | Rogers, Benton County |
| Main Street Rogers | Fund matching grant program. | $5,000.00 | Rogers, Benton County |
| Main Street Russellville | Fund mini grant program and public infrastructure improvements | $5,000.00 | Russellville, Pope County |
| Main Street Russellville | Slipcover removal - 109 N. Commerce | $15,000.00 | Russellville, Pope County |
| Main Street Searcy | Mini grants, Citizen Park, and signage | $25,000.00 | Searcy, White County |
| Main Street Searcy | Purchase trash receptacles. | $5,000.00 | Searcy, White County |
| Main Street Texarkana | Fund mini grant program | $5,000.00 | Texarkana, Miller County |
| Main Street Texarkana | Slipcover removal - 418 E. Broad | $15,000.00 | Texarkana, Miller County |
| Main Street West Memphis | Host "branding workshop and hire firm to develop "branding" advertising. | $5,000.00 | West Memphis, Crittenden |
| South Main Street Project |
|
$5,000.00 | Little Rock, Pulaski County |
| South Main Street Project | Sculpture Garden | $19,500.00 | Little Rock, Pulaski County |
| Total: | $320,000.00 |
Historic Preservation Restoration Grants
| Grantee | Project Description/Property | Awarded | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Legion Lamb, Hendrix Post 26 | Masonry repair; roof; and reconstruct dormers. - American Legion Building - Lamb Hendrix Post #26 | $12,300.00 | Lepanto, Poinsett County |
| American Legion Post #61 | Upgrade electrical; replace rear doors; renovate restrooms; and interior repair. - Estes Williams American Legion Hut #61 | $12,290.00 | Yellville, Marion County |
| Arkadelphia Public Schools | Repair exterior wood (fascia, soffit, and trim) and cover window to mitigate further deterioration. - Peake High School | $10,000.00 | Arkadelphia, Clark County |
| Bethel A.M.E. Church | Masonry repair; window repair; exterior wood repair; plaster repair; electrical upgrade; roof. - Bethel A.M.E. Church | $89,763.00 | Batesville, Independence County |
| Calhoun County | Repair roof structure and restore windows. - 113 South 2nd St. | $29,867.00 | Hampton, Calhoun County |
| City of Blytheville | Façade repair. - S.H. Kress Building | $14,600.00 | Blytheville, Mississippi County |
| City of Bradford | Upgrade electrical and HVAC; and plumbing required to renovate for new restroom/break room area. - Old Bradford City Hall | $15,400.00 | Bradford, White County |
| City of El Dorado | Restore metal grills to tower windows and plaster - El Dorado Municipal Building | $20,750.00 | El Dorado, Union County |
| City of Hamburg | Cabin Phase: repair wood for landings & cabin floor; repair walls and roof; replace missing glass; and paint. - Crossroads Fire Tower | $15,100.00 | Hamburg, Ashley County |
| City of Mulberry | Restore windows; repair front porch; exterior wood repair; exterior painting; and roof repair. -Bryant Lasater House | $61,535.00 | Mulberry, Crawford County |
| City of Norfork | Stabilize and replace roof. - Horace Mann Agricultural Building | $12,013.00 | Norfork, Baxter County |
| City of Springdale | Re-construct steeple, chimney, and reinstall wood shingles. - Shiloh Meeting Hall | $28,230.00 | Springdale, Washington County |
| City of Texarkana | Masonry repair (north). - Texarkana, AR Municipal Building | $44,179.00 | Texarkana, Miller County |
| Communication Arts Institute | Repair roof; replace structural components; and repair windows. - 505 Spring St. | $50,500.00 | Eureka Springs, Carroll County |
| Fellowship Bible Church | Reconstruct or replace exterior doors and windows and replace rear wall. - Landers Theater | $32,224.00 | Batesville, Independence County |
| Hamburg United Methodist Church | Roof - Hamburg United Methodist Church | $31,333.00 | Hamburg, Ashley County |
| Highland Valley United Methodist Church | Exterior repair: level; replace wood siding; roof stabilization and replacement; replace doors and/or windows; upgrade electrical; paint; interior cleaning. - Walnut Grove United Methodist Church | $40,000.00 | Little Rock, Pulaski County |
| Jerome Improvement Association | Upgrade electrical; HVAC, septic and plumbing; masonry repair; exterior painting; and repair front porch. - Jerome School | $71,211.00 | Jerome, Drew County |
| Lane House Inc. | Reconstruct rear balcony and add ADA ramp; masonry repair; restore windows and doors. - Bergdorf Building | $22,500.00 | Eureka Springs, Carroll County |
| Marianna Historic Trust | Stabilize floor and roof joist; repair masonry (parapet), flashing, downspouts, scupper, and roof. - Willey Building | $80,000.00 | Marianna, Lee County |
| Monticello Economic Development Commission | Windows restoration; limestone repair; and door replacement. - Monticello Post Office | $20,000.00 | Monticello, Drew County |
| Mulberry/Pleasant View Bi-County School District | Upgrade electrical; masonry repair; replace windows; scrape and paint; ADA entrance and restrooms; restore fireplace for use; roof; and interior repair. - Mulberry High School Economics Building | $61,000.00 | Mulberry, Crawford County |
| Ouachita County Historical Society | Install lathe system roof decking and wood shingles. - Leake Ingham Building | $14,000.00 | Camden, Ouachita County |
| Parkdale Baptist Church | Repair roof; fascia board; restore windows; electrical repair; and install new door locks. - Parkdale Baptist Church | $14,235.00 | Parkdale, Ashley County |
| Portland United Methodist Church | Exterior wood repair and painting; window restoration. | $34,070.00 | Portland, Ashley County |
| Potts Inn Museum | Ramps and sidewalks for ADA access. - Potts Inn | $10,000.0 | Pottsville, Pope County |
| Total: | $847,100.00 |
Model Business Grants
| Grantee | Project Description/Property | Awarded | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street Batesville | Architect fees - Phase 1. (301 W. Main) | $8,000.00 | Batesville, Independence County |
| Main Street Helena | Architect fees - Phase 1. (227-229 Cherry St.) | $16,550.00 | Helena-West Helena, Phillips County |
| Main Street Searcy | Architect fees - Phase 1. (112 N. Spring) | $3,500.00 | Searcy, White County |
| Total: | $28,050.00 |
Grand Total: $2,612,925.00
Appendix II:
Properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places during FFY08
Arkansas County
Crocketts Bluff Hunting Lodge, Crocketts Bluff
Baxter County
Cold Water School, Big Flat vic.
Cold Water School, Big Flat vic
Benton County
Benton County Poor Farm Cemetery, Bentonville
Boone County
Carrollton Road – Carrollton Segment, Carrollton vic.
Calhoun County
Hampton Masonic Lodge Building, Hampton
Carroll County
U.S. 62 White River Bridge, Eureka Springs vic.
Old U.S. 62 – Busch Segment, Busch
Clay County
Sink-Crumb Post No. 72 American Legion Hut, Knobel
Columbia County
Magnolia Commercial Historic District, Magnolia
Conway County
Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road – Old Wire Road Segment, Blackwell vic.
Craighead County
Community Center #1, Jonesboro
First National Bank Building, Monette
Monette Water Tower, Monette
Monette Water Tower, Monette
Crittenden County
West Memphis Commercial Historic District, West Memphis
Dallas County
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive #101, Fordyce
Fordyce Commercial Historic District, Fordyce
Desha County
Mound Cemetery, Arkansas City vic.
Drew County
Look See Tree, Coleman vic.
Look See Tree, Coleman vic.
Franklin County
Charleston Commercial Historic District, Charleston
Hempstead County
Southwestern Proving Ground Officers Quarters Historic District, Oakhaven
Weldon Gin Company Historic District, Weldon
Jackson County
Weldon Gin Company Historic District, Weldon
Jefferson County
Pine Bluff Commercial Historic District, Pine Bluff
Johnson County
Fremont Stokes House, Clarksville
Little River County
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Depot, Wilton
Ashdown Commercial Historic District, Ashdown
Logan County
Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson Road – Short Mountain Segment, Paris vic.
War Eagle Creek Bridge, Old Alabam vic.
Madison County
War Eagle Creek Bridge, Old Alabam vic.
Huntsville Commercial Historic District, Huntsville
Miller County
Old Arkansas 22 – Mayton Segment, Garland vic.
Wallace Adams Service Center, Texarkana
Cotton Belt Railroad Office Building, Texarkana
East Broad Street Historic District, Texarkana
Hopkins Feed and Seed Store, Texarkana
Swift Building, Texarkana
Mississippi County
Hale Avenue Historic District Boundary Increase, Osceola
Perry County
Wallace Bridge, Nimrod vic.
Parnell Hall, Little Rock
Pulaski County
Parnell Hall, Little Rock
Roundtop Filling Station, Sherwood
Hanger Hill Historic District, Little Rock
Block Realty-Baker House, Little Rock
Saline County
Benton Commercial Historic District, Benton
Waldron Commercial Historic District, Waldron
Scott County
Waldron Commercial Historic District, Waldron
Sebastian County
Hartford Water Tower, Hartford
May-Lecta-Sweet Historic District, Fort Smith
Old Huntington Jail, Huntington
J.T. Murphy No. 1 Crater, Norphlet vic.
Union County
J.T. Murphy No. 1 Crater, Norphlet vic.
Highway B-29 Bridge, Prairie Grove
Washington County
West Dickson Street Commercial Historic District, Fayetteville
Evansville-Dutch Mills Road Bridge, Dutch Mills
White River Bridge, Elkins
Highway B-29 Bridge, Prairie Grove
White County
Collison House, Bald Knob
Woodruff County
Cotton Plant Water Tower, Cotton Plant
Augusta Commercial Historic District, Augusta
Cotton Plant Commercial Historic District, Cotton Plant
Yell County
Old Arkansas 22 – Dardanelle Segment, Dardanelle vic.
Ward’s Crossing Bridge, Plainview vic.
Appendix III:
Properties listed in the Arkansas Register of Historic Places during FFY08
Blackfish Lake to Hill Lake Segment, Gladden vic., St.
Military Road – Pitman Road Segment, Pitman vic., Randolph County
Memphis to Little Rock Road – Highway 306 Segment, Pinetree vic., St. Francis County
Memphis to Little Rock Road – Blackfish Lake to Hill Lake Segment, Gladden vic., St.
Francis County
Freeman Cemetery, Alleene vic., Little River County
