2004 Annual Report

From the Director

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program had a busy and successful Federal Fiscal Year 2004. The agency awarded a total of $1,556,445 in grants for historic preservation projects around the state. More than $10.7 million was invested in Arkansas’s historic properties through federal historic preservation tax incentives. Main Street Arkansas launched a Delta Initiative to seek ways to bring heritage tourism and new prosperity to its member cities in eastern Arkansas. AHPP historians have been traveling the state documenting Rosenwald schools, sites associated with the Cherokee Trail of Tears, Civil War-related properties and other historic buildings that reflect our shared heritage as Arkansans. The agency’s Section 106 staff reviewed a record number of federal undertakings and completed several long-standing negotiations.

FFY05 is proving to be another successful and exciting year for the agency. The AHPP is making inroads into the use of GIS and GPS technology to further its historic preservation goals. The AHPP is continuing its survey of historic agricultural properties in the Delta and completing documentation of Rosenwald schools, which will result in nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. More cities are preparing to join the Certified Local Government program and our education programs for students and adults will reach thousands across the state this year.

In the year to come, the AHPP staff looks forward to continuing work with our fellow Arkansans to preserve the places that define our history.

Ken Grunewald
AHPP Director

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FFY04: The Year in Review

• Students visited by AHPP educational outreach programs: 5,806
• Adults visited by AHPP educational outreach programs: 1,701
• CountyCourthouse Preservation Subgrants: $472,000
• Historic Preservation Restoration Grants: $528,505
• Main Street Downtown Revitalization Grants: $253,500
• Main Street Model Business Grants: $100,000
• Certified Local Government Grants: $202,440
• Main StreetArkansas: 17 Arkansas towns involved in the program, technical assistance provided to some 3,048 Arkansans
• Properties nominated to the National Register of Historic Places: 75
• Properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places: 81
• Properties listed on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places: 11
• Project Grants received: $425,000 from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, $4,800 from the Arkansas Humanities Council and $569,038 from the National Park Service
• Tax projects: 6 projects completed, representing $10,720,122 in private investment
• Conservation easements: 13 added, 271 total
• Historic Site Surveys completed: 639
• Federal undertakings reviewed: 3,560
• Technical assistance provided: 4,141 constituents

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Highlights of Federal Fiscal Year 2004

Grant Programs

The AHPP awarded $1,556,445 in grants during FFY04, providing assistance to historic properties, county courthouses and downtown areas. (A complete list of grant projects is included below.) Among the grant programs were:

$472,000 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 Boone, Carroll, Cleveland, Crawford, Drew, Izard, Lincoln, Madison and Scott counties.

Bradford City Hall/Byers Masonic Lodge

$528,505 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 Little Rock, Yellville, Warren, Carrollton, Bradford, Crossett, North Little Rock, Siloam Springs, Stuttgart, Van Buren, Arkadelphia, Union, Monticello, Colville, Hope, Fordyce, Morrilton and Parks.

$202,440 in Certified Local Government Grants was awarded to Conway, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fort Smith, Helena, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Morrilton, North Little Rock, Osceola, Rogers and Van Buren.

$253,500 in Downtown Revitalization grants was awarded to Main Street Arkansas cities. Grants went to Batesville, Bentonville, Blytheville, Clinton, Dumas, El Dorado, Hardy, Harrison, Helena, North Little Rock, Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Rogers, Russellville, Van Buren and West Memphis.

$100,000 in Main Street Model Business Grants was awarded to the local Main Street Arkansas programs in Batesville, Ozark and Paragould. This program provides funds for improvements to local businesses that then serve as models for their neighbors.

The AHPP also received a $569,038 grant from the National Park Service to finance the agency's survey and planning activities, a $4,800 grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council to place interpretation at Trail of Tears-related sites and a $425,000 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council for the County Courthouse Restoration Subgrant program.

Certified Local Governments

Eight Arkansas cities were enrolled in the Certified Local Government (CLG) program during FFY04 - Little Rock, North Little Rock, Eureka Springs, Hot Springs, Van Buren, Fort Smith, Osceola and Helena. Each city has a historic district protected through a local preservation ordinance, a prerequisite to becoming a CLG in Arkansas.  During FFY04, El Dorado, Conway and Rogers each adopted preservation ordinances; these cities, as well as Morrilton, are currently pursuing CLG status.

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 FFY04, a total of $55,440 was awarded for projects in each of these twelve cities.Projects included architectural surveys, National Register nominations and the development of design guidelines for local historic districts.  The AHPP hosted four quarterly training sessions for city staff members from CLG communities.  AHPP, in cooperation with the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC), also hosted a training session for historic district commission members from across the state.

A total of 828 constituents received CLG technical assistance during FFY04, including residents of Bauxite, Conway, DeValls Bluff, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Helena, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Morrilton, North Little Rock, Osceola, Paragould, Rogers, Van Buren and West Memphis.

National Register of Historic Places

A total of 81 properties in 35 Arkansas counties were added to the National Register of Historic Places, the country's official list of historic properties worthy of preservation, during FFY04. (A complete list is available below.) Those included nominations that constituents prepared with the assistance of AHPP staff members, as well as staff-generated nominations listed for Rosenwald schools and properties notable for their association with cotton and rice farming in the Arkansas Delta. The AHPP's State Review Board nominated a total of 75 properties to the National Register during the federal fiscal year.

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.

Mountainairre Hotel Historic District

Eleven properties were listed on the Arkansas Register during FFY04. 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 Cleburne, Perry and Randolph counties were added to the National Register during FFY04, making a total of 10 listed in each 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.

AHPP staff members provided National Register-related technical assistance to 1,136 Arkansans during FFY04, including residents of Amity, Arkadelphia, Arkansas City, Ashdown, Atkins, Augusta, Basset, Batesville, Bauxite, Bearden, Beebe, Bella Vista, Benton, Bentonville, Bethel Heights, Biggers, Black Rock, Blytheville, Bono, Burdette, Cabot, Calico Rock, Camden, Cave City, Cave Springs, Cherry Valley, Clarksville, Clinton, Conway, Corning, Cotton Plant, Crossett, Damascus, Datto, Delaplaine, DeQueen, Dermott, Des Arc, Diaz, Dover, Dumas, Dyess, Earle, El Dorado, Elaine, Elkins, Eudora, Eureka Springs, Farmington, Fayetteville, Flippin, Fordyce, Forest City, Fort Smith, Gentry, Gillett, Gould, Gravette, Green Forest, Greenwood,Gurdon, Hackett, Hardy, Harrell, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hattiesvile, Havanna, Hazen, Heber Springs, Helena, Highfill, Holly Grove, Hope, Horatio, Hot Springs,Hughes, Humnoke, Hunter, Huntsville, Imboden, Jacksonville, Jasper, Jennie, Joiner, Jonesboro, Keo, Knoxville, Lake Village, Lakeview, Leachville, Leslie, Lewisville, Little Rock, Lonoke, Lowell, Magness, Malvern, Manila, Marianna, Marion, Marmaduke, Mayflower, McCormick, McGehee, Mena, Moreland, Morrilton, Mountain View, Newport, Nimrod, Norman, North Little Rock, Oden, Ozark, Palarm, Paragould, Paris, Pea Ridge, Piggott, Pine Bluff, Pineville, Plainview, Pocahontas, Portia, Portland, Pottsville, Poyen, Prairie Grove, Prescott, Prim, Rich Mountain, Rison, Rogers, Russellville, Saint Paul, Scott, Searcy, Sheridan, Sherwood, Springdale, Stamps, Star City, Stuttgart, Texarkana, Tichnor, Timbo, Tuckerman, Tull, Van Buren, Vilonia, Waldo, Waldron, Ward, Warren, Warsaw, Washington, Weiner, West Memphis, White Hall, Wilmar, Wynne and Yellville.

Historic Site Survey

The AHPP’s survey historians were busy during FFY04, completing statewide surveys of structures designed by architects E. Fay Jones and Edward Durell Stone and continuing surveys of Rosenwald schools, steam locomotives, steel bridges, structures associated with cotton and rice farming in the Arkansas Delta and properties linked to early twentieth-century efforts to eradicate Texas 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 more than 26,000 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.

Pine Bluff Civic Center

In FFY04, AHPP historians conducted 639 historic site survey trips seeking properties located at Acorn, Alexander, Alpena, Alpine, Amity, Applebee, Arkadelphia, Arkansas City, Avilla, Batesville, Beebe, Ben Lomond, Benton, Berea, Bethesda, Berne, Big Fork, Biggers, Board Camp, Brewer, Brownsville, Bull Shoals, Cannon Creek, Cass, Cherokee City, Cincinnati, Clinton, Cotter, Cotton Plant, Cove, Cowell, Coy, Crawfordsville, Crossett, Curtis, Datto, Deer, DeQueen, Dermott, DeValls Bluff, Dierks, Dover, Douglas, El Paso, Elkins, Enola, Erbie, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fitzhugh, Flippin, Floyd, Fort Smith, Fresno, Fulton, Gassville, Gentry, George Creek, Gillham, Grady, Green Forest, Greenland, Gregory, Gurdon, Hardy, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hearn, Helena, Hogeye, Hollis, Hot Springs, Hunter, Jasper, Jennie, Kansas, Kelso, Keo, Kingston, Lake Dick, Lebanon, Lehi, Lepanto, Lewisville, Little Rock, Lonoke, Mayberry, Macedonia, Madison, Magness, Marion, Marshall, Maumelle, Mayflower, McCrory, McGehee, Menifee, Mist, Montrose, Mount Olive, Mount Vernon, Mull, Nashville, Naylor, New Blaine, Nimrod, North Little Rock, Ola, Osage, Ozark, Pangburn, Paragould, Paraloma, Paris, Pea Ridge, Perry, Piggott, Pine Bluff, Pitman, Pocahontas, Portland, Potter, Potter Junction, Pottsville, Powhatan, Poyen, Reader, Red Rock, Redfield, Revel, Reyno, Rich Mountain, Rison, Rowher, Ruch, Russellville, Saint James, Salem, Salus, Scott, Shirley, Siloam Springs, Slovak, Smithville, Spring Valley, Springhill, Saint Paul, Stacy, Stamps, Stuttgart, Sulphur Springs, Summers, Supply, Texarkana, Three Forks, Traskwood, Tucker, Tulip, Turrell, Twin Groves, Tyronza, Ulm, Union, Union Valley, Valley Springs, Vendor, Vilonia, Walnut Grove, Watson, Weiner, West Memphis, Wharton, Wickes, Wilton, Witter and Wright.

Main Street Arkansas

Main Street Arkansas continued its role as a vital element in the state's efforts to combine historic preservation with economic development and bring new life to the historic commercial cores of Arkansas's cities and towns.

Main Street Arkansas began the Arkansas Delta Initiative in April 2004.  The purpose is to identify and implement appropriate strategies for preservation-based economic revitalization, using a comprehensive, collaborative approach focusing on five Main StreetArkansas communities in the Delta.

The five Delta Main Street communities—Blytheville, Dumas, Helena, Osceola and West Memphis—share a common heritage based on proximity to the Mississippi River and an agricultural economic base. Due to the erosion of that base in recent decades, as well as the loss of many industrial and manufacturing jobs, the region has been in economic decline. In particular, the historic downtown districts have suffered from years of disinvestment.  Main Street Arkansasis collaborating with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to develop a comprehensive, long-range action plan that addresses:

Russellville Depot
• cultural heritage tourism development and preservation education
• local small business development and expansion
• neighborhood housing and community revitalization
• preservation economics and planning tools
  

A national multi-disciplinary assessment team developed four key recommendations to direct the action plan:

• Enhance the region’s potential for cultural heritage tourism
• Build business opportunities around local crafts and skills
• Improve the housing opportunities in historic residential neighborhoods
• Help the region take advantage of planning tools that protect its unique assets

Main Street Arkansas and the five Delta Main Street communities have hosted two public forums in 2004 and are in the process of implementing phase I of the assessment team’s recommendations.

The Main Street Arkansas staff provided technical assistance to 2,654 Arkansans during FFY04, including constituents from the 17 Main Street Arkansas cities: Batesville, Bentonville, Blytheville, Clinton, Dumas, El Dorado, Hardy, Harrison, Helena, North Little Rock, Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Rogers, Russellville, Van Buren and West Memphis. Also receiving assistance from the Main Street staff during the year were residents of Altheimer, Beebe, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Hughes, Jonesboro, Little Rock, McGehee and Texarkana.

Main Street staff members also met with 394 Arkansans through presentations and technical assistance visits to Main Street Arkansas cities as well as the communities of Fayetteville, Little Rock, McGehee, Searcy, Strong and Wynne.

The economic development achievements of Main Street Arkansas continued to grow during FFY04. The cities involved in Main Street recorded 187 new jobs during the year, as well as a net gain of 40 new businesses and 38 business expansions and relocations into downtown areas. The 17 towns saw 85 façade renovations, building rehabilitations and new construction projects in their downtown areas, representing $2,040,267 in private investment. The Main Street cities recorded 37 Main Street-generated public improvement projects during FFY04, and logged in 26,930 volunteer hours during the year.

Since its inception in 1984, Main Street Arkansas cities have yielded a net gain of 4,053 jobs, 774 new businesses and 780 business expansions and relocations into downtown. A total of $64,416,883 in private investment has financed 2,414 façade renovations, rehabilitations and new construction projects. The Main Street cities have seen 626 public improvement projects and 314,470 volunteer hours on Main Street matters.

Historic Preservation Tax Incentives

One of the top incentives 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 FFY04, six Arkansas tax projects were completed in Fayetteville, Camden and Little Rock, representing $10,720,122 in private investment.

The federal tax reform act of 1986 contains several incentives for restoration of historic properties, including:

A 20 percent tax credit for the substantial rehabilitation of certified historic buildings for commercial, industrial and rental residential purposes.

A 10 percent tax credit for the substantial rehabilitation for nonresidential purposes of buildings built before 1936 that are ineligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. A straight-line depreciation period of 27.5 years for residential property and 31.5 years for nonresidential property for the depreciable basis of the rehabilitated building reduced by the amount of the tax credit claimed.

During FFY04, AHPP tax credit personnel made 91 site visits to provide technical assistance on 149 separate properties. In addition, 137 Arkansans received technical assistance on their historic preservation tax projects, including residents of Altus, Arkadelphia, Augusta, Benton, Bentonville, Blevins, Bluffton, Bradford, Calico Rock, Camden, Cave City, Clarendon, Conway, Crossett, Des Arc, El Dorado, Etowah, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fordyce, Fort Smith Gentry, Gurdon, Harrison, Heber Springs, Hot Springs, Houston, Hughes, Jacksonville, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Lowell, Magnolia, Marion, Monticello, Morrilton, North Little Rock, Osceola, Ozark, Pine Bluff, Poyen, Prescott, Rison, Rogers, Siloam Springs, Stuttgart, Texarkana, Tollette, Tucker, Van Buren, Warren and Yellville.

Education Outreach Program

An AHPP priority continues to be 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.

"Old Sebastian County Jail" by Daniel Ethridge

New classroom presentations were created on The Civil War in Arkansas, Vernacular Architecture, and the history and historic properties of Conway and Faulkner County, Nevada County, Leslie and SearcyCounty and OldWashingtonState Park. Other programs presented during the year included Urban Sprawl: Problems and Solutions, Arkansas’s Haunted History, From Slavery to Central High: Arkansas Civil Rights Sites, Historic Architectural Styles and Arkansas's National Historic Landmarks.

The agency continued distributing its Home for History Traveling Trunk for use in elementary schools around Arkansas. Lesson plans and other educational materials were distributed statewide and nationwide.

The AHPP assisted with a student historic cemetery study in Atkins and organized summer teacher workshops for the Department of Arkansas Heritage.

The AHPP once again sponsored the annual Preserve Our Past Art and Essay Invitational. A total of 142 students participated in the event, with winning art and essays displayed at the OldStateHouseMuseum during Arkansas Heritage Month, which is celebrated every May.

During FFY04 the Education Outreach staff presented programs to 5,806 Arkansas students and conducted teacher workshops for 244 teachers in Ashdown, Atkins, Benton, Bentonville, Biggers, Branch, Bryant, Cabot, Conway, DeQueen, Dumas, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Green Forest, Greenwood, Grubbs, Harrisburg, Heber Springs, Hot Springs, Hoxie, Jacksonville, Jonesboro, LaVaca, Leslie, Lincoln, Little Rock, Maumelle, Mayflower, McGehee, North Little Rock, Pearcy, Piggott, Rosston, Tuckerman, Van Buren and Vilonia.

The Education Outreach staff also provided technical assistance to 93 constituents in Atkins, Bald Knob, Batesville, Branch, Camden, Chapel Hill, Clarendon, Conway, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Dumas, Fayetteville, Fordyce, Forrest City, Fort Smith, Gillett, Green Forest, Hackett, Hartford, Horatio, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Lavaca, Little Rock, Louann, Lowell, Marvell, Norman, Ozark, Pearcy, Pine Bluff, Pocahontas, Rogers, Russellville, Salem, Searcy, Sherwood, Siloam Springs, Springdale, Stewart, Ulm, Van Buren, Vilonia, Washington, Wickes and Yellville.

Preservation Outreach Program

Ole Main High School

The AHPP continued to promote the value of historic preservation and the connection of historic buildings to the past of the state and its communities through heritage tourism programs and presentations to organizations around Arkansas. A total of 1,701 Arkansans attended AHPP programs, including tours offered through the agency's popular “Walks Through History” and “Sandwiching in History” programs.

Programs were held in Batesville, Benton, Conway, Eureka Springs, FairfieldBay, Fayetteville, Fifty-Six, Fordyce, Gravel Ridge, Hot Springs, Jacksonport, Jacksonville, Judsonia, Lewisville, Little Rock, Maumelle, North Little Rock, Ozark, Piggott, Searcy, Sherwood, Sulphur Springs and Wynne.

In addition to providing articles for various state and national publications, the Preservation Outreach staff also provided technical assistance to 143 Arkansans, including residents of Bald Knob, Batesville, Benton, Camden, Dalton, Fayetteville, Fifty-Six, Flippin, Fordyce, Gravel Ridge, Hot Springs, Hot Springs Valley, Imboden, Jacksonville, Jasper, Jonesboro, Judsonia, Lake Village, Lewisville, Little Rock, Malvern, Maumelle, Melbourne, Mountain Home, Mountain View, North Little Rock, Ozark, Paris, Pine Bluff, Rison, Searcy, Springdale, Stuttgart, Wynne and Yellville.

Historic Property Data

Information on 1,045 historic properties was entered in the AHPP's historic sites database during FFY04, including 1,017 generated by staff or Certified Local Government personnel and 28 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 26,370Arkansas properties. The agency also continued integrating its survey materials to consolidate survey forms, slides, photographs and negatives to make them more accessible to researchers.

Section 106 Review

Carpenter Dam

One of the AHPP's major duties under the National Historic Preservation Act is Section 106 Review, a process in which the agency examines undertakings funded, licensed, assisted or permitted through federal agencies to assess their impact on historic properties. Through this process, the AHPP can comment on such impacts and work with the federal agencies involved to mitigate any potentially adverse effects. During FFY04, the Section 106 staff reviewed 3,560 federal undertakings. Included in the year's reviews were five historic preservation management plans, six archeological data recover plans, 188 cultural resources survey reports, 10 environmental impact statements, 12 environmental assessments, two programmatic agreements, eight memoranda of agreement and three historic preservation covenants.

The Section 106 Review staff completed a multi-year project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, finishing a 30-year relicensing agreement on Carpenter and Remmel Dams that includes a historic preservation management plan that will allow the AHPP to review future development on the lakeshore near the dams. Other major projects reviewed included the Fort Smith water supply project, Highway 71 relocation project and the proposed Interstate 69 project.

Special Projects

The AHPP continued a project with ArkansasState Parks and the Long Distance Trails Group Office of the National Park Service to place wayside interpretive exhibits on the Trail of Tears at North Little Rock, Helena, PeaRidgeNationalMilitaryPark, VillageCreekState Park, LakeDardanelleState Park and CadronPark. Special Projects historians identified Trail of Tears-related sites in Arkansas and continued to develop National Register nominations for eligible segments; the AHPP is also developing a methodology for evaluating river segments associated with the Trail of Tears.

A new driving tour map focusing on National Register-listed properties associated with the activities of Depression-era New Deal agencies was completed. Work began on the next map, which will feature properties linked to social organizations in the state.

A New Deal for Arkansas

The AHPP continued to improve its web site during FFY04, adding dozens of additional National Register nominations to the searchable database as well as downloadable publications and lesson plans.

The Special Projects section completed multiple-property historic contexts for historic properties associated with cotton and rice farming in the Arkansas Delta and with the efforts of African-American builder Silas Owens, Sr. Work began on a context to document properties associated with the effort to eradicate Texas fever from Arkansas cattle in the early twentieth century.

Work continued with the six regional Arkansas Civil War Heritage Trail groups to establish a non-profit Arkansas Civil War Heritage Trail Foundation. The AHPP continued its participation in the Vicksburg Campaign Trail Study, which will include Arkansas sites associated with military activities centered around Vicksburg, Mississippi. The AHPP continued to provide technical assistance to the groups and also published a quarterly Arkansas Battlefield Update newsletter to keep Trail members aware of activities across the state.

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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. Thirteen easements were donated to the AHPP during FFY04, bringing the total number of easements the agency holds to 271. In addition, AHPP staff members provided technical assistance to 244 constituents during the year, aiding people in Arkadelphia, Arkansas City, Batesville, Bentonville, Blevins, Bradford, Camden, Centerton, Charleston, Crossett, Des Arc, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fordyce, Fort Smith, Hamburg, Harrison, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Marianna, Marion, Marshall, Melbourne, Monticello, Morrilton, North Little Rock, Ozark, Paris, Rogers, Russellville, Searcy, Siloam Springs, Springdale, Star City, Stuttgart, Texarkana, Van Buren, Warren and Yellville.

Technical Assistance

When Arkansans have questions about their historic properties - What color should I paint my Folk Victorian-style house? How do I repair cracked plaster walls? How can I stabilize a deteriorating foundation? - they often call the AHPP. Staff members use the agency's extensive research library to find answers, or lead the constituents to other possible sources of information. During FFY04, the AHPP answered 1,136 requests for technical assistance from constituents in Amity, Arkadelphia, Arkansas City, Ashdown, Atkins, Augusta, Bassett, Batesville, Bauxite, Bearden, Beebe, Bella Vista, Benton, Bentonville, Bethel Heights, Biggers, Black Rock, Blytheville, Bono, Burdette, Cabot, Calico Rock, Camden, Cave City, Cave Springs, Cherry Valley, Clarksville, Clinton, Conway, Corning, Cotton Plant, Crossett, Damascus, Datto, Delaplaine, DeQueen, Dermott, Des Arc, Diaz, Dover, Dumas, Dyess, Earle, El Dorado, Elaine, Elkins, Eudora, Eureka Springs, Farmington, Fayetteville, Flippin, Fordyce, Forrest City, Fort Smith, Gentry, Gillett, Gould, Gravette, Green Forest, Greenwood,Gurdon, Hackett, Hardy, Harrell, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hattieville, Havanna, Hazen, Heber Springs, Helena, Highfill, Holly Grove, Hope, Horatio, Hot Springs,Hughes, Humnoke, Hunter, Huntsville, Imboden, Jacksonville, Jasper, Jennie, Joiner, Jonesboro, Keo, Knoxville, Lake Village, Lakeview, Leachville, Leslie, Lewisville, Little Rock, Lonoke, Lowell, Magness, Malvern, Manila, Marianna, Marion, Marmaduke, Mayflower, McCormick, McGehee, Mena, Moreland, Morrilton, Mountain View, Newport, Nimrod, Norman, North Little Rock, Oden, Ozark, Palarm, Paragould, Paris, Pea Ridge, Piggott, Pine Bluff, Pineville, Plainview, Pocahontas, Portia, Portland, Pottsville, Poyen, Prairie Grove, Prescott, Prim, Rich Mountain, Rison, Rogers, Russellville, Saint Paul, Scott, Searcy, Sheridan, Sherwood, Springdale, Stamps, Star City, Stuttgart, Texarkana, Tichnor, Timbo, Tuckerman, Tull, Van Buren, Vilonia, Waldo, Waldron, Ward, Warren, Warsaw, Washington, Weiner, West Memphis, White Hall, Wilmar, Wynne 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 2001, 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 2002 through 2006.  This 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 state historic preservation plan.

Appendix I

Grants Awarded during FFY04

CountyCourthouse Restoration Subgrants

Applicant	Project Description	Amount
BooneCounty	Roof repairs	$64,000
CarrollCounty	Downspouts, soffit/fascia repairs, painting	$66,000
ClevelandCounty	Roof repairs	$28,000
CrawfordCounty	Clock tower repair	$31,000
DrewCounty	Roof repairs	$44,000
IzardCounty	Electrical updates	$40,000
LincolnCounty	Roof repairs	$47,000
MadisonCounty	Electrical updates	$81,000
ScottCounty	Mechanical improvements	$71,000
9 Grantees	Grand Total:	$472,000

Certified Local Government Grants

Applicant	Project Description	Amount
City of Conway	Training	$8,100
City of El Dorado	Design guidelines, training and staff assistant	$14,900
City of Eureka Springs	Update National Register listing, historic façade repair for low-income housing	$17,300
City of Fort Smith	National Register nomination, historic sites survey, architectural assistance and training	$24,400
City of Helena	Staff assistant and training	$5,100
City of Hot Springs	Survey and National Register nomination and training	$12,700
City of Morrilton	Historic district design guidelines and training	$6,500
City of North Little Rock	Seminar, interpretive panels, survey, signage and staff assistance	$36,040
City of Osceola	Staff assistance and training	$4,000
City of Rogers	Design guidelines, staff assistance and training	$13,500
City of Van Buren	Design guidelines, staff assistance and training	$8,700
City of Little Rock	Repairs on Over-the-Jumps Carousel, survey and training	$51,200
8 CLG Cities, 4 non-CLG	Grand Total:	$202,440

Main StreetArkansas Model Business Grants

Applicant	Project Description	Amount
Main Street Batesville (Thompson’s Jewelry Store)	Exterior: New awning, signage and outdoor utilities cleanup. Interior: New flooring, updated wall coverings, new display cases, enclose workroom and update electrical	$40,460
Main Street Ozark (Rivertowne BBQ)	Construction of new addition (smokehouse, kitchen, dining room)	$34,540
Main StreetParagould (Red Goose Deli)	Exterior: roof, masonry, signage and menu board. Interior: Stairwell, flooring, partitions and mechanical system on second floor	$25,000
	Grand Total:	$100,000

Main Street Downtown Revitalization Grants

Grantee	Project Description	Amount
Main Street Argenta	Matching grants and local business flyers	$15,000
Main Street Batesville	Billboard, training, mini-grants, streetscape work, publications and plaques	$16,500
Main Street Bentonville	Façade grants, Farmers’ Market and promotions	$15,000
Main StreetBlytheville	Grant programs, pocket park improvements	$15,000
Main StreetClinton	Grants, signage, speakers, newsletter, advertising and promotions	$15,000
Main Street Dumas	Grants, banners, streetscape improvements, advertising and promotions	$12,000
Main StreetEl Dorado	Grants, lighting project, tent, events, Farmers’ Market and tour guide	$15,000
Main Street Hardy	Streetscape, bulletin board, flags, directories, grants, consultant, promotions	$15,000
Main StreetHarrison	Grants, signage, web site, consultant	$15,000
Main StreetHelena	Courtyard furnishings, promotional materials	$15,000
Main Street Osceola	Grants and market analysis	$15,000
Main Street Ozark	Painting, grants, trashcans	$15,000
Main StreetParagould	Grants and plaques	$15,000
Main StreetRogers	Matching funds, workshops	$15,000
Main Street Russellville	Depot park, grants, fundraiser, plaques and Farmers’ Market	$15,000
Main Street Van Buren	Grants	$15,000
Main StreetWest Memphis	Grants, newsletter, festival, Farmers’ Market, web site, workshop	$15,000
17 MSA Cities	Grand Total:	$253,500

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Historic Preservation Restoration Grants

Alpha Phi Alpha, roof repairs, $10,000, Bush-Dubisson House, Little Rock

Carrollton Post No. 300, VFW, painting, update HVAC, install ADA ramp, $13,000, Yell Masonic Lodge Hall, Carrollton

American Legion Post #61, roof repairs, chinking, door, masonry repairs, painting, $10,000, Estes-Williams Post #61 American Legion Hut, Yellville

City of Crossett, stucco repair and skylight, $20,000, Crossett Post Office, Crossett

Arkansas Baptist College, roof repair, $30,000, MainBuilding, Little Rock

BradleyCountyHistoricalMuseum, structures report, $10,000, Dr. John Wilson Martin House, Warren

ChristTempleCathedralChurch, mitigate basement water, $43,355, Central Presbyterian Church, Little Rock

City of Bradford, repair windows, doors and gables and paint, $11,090, Bradford City Hall/ Byers Masonic Lodge, Bradford

Clark County, roof, masonry, window, door, wall, ceiling repairs and ADA modifications, $62,562, Clark County Library, Arkadelphia

City of North Little Rock, replace rotten wood and paint, $10,000, E.O. Maness House, North Little Rock

City of Rogers, roof, balustrade and cornice repairs, $80,000, RogersPostOfficeBuilding, Rogers

City of Siloam Springs, roof, masonry, window and soffit/fascia repairs, $10,000, Siloam Springs Post Office, Siloam Springs

Saint Paul A.M.E. Church, masonry, ceiling, paneling, electrical and insulation, $23,700, Saint Paul A.M.E., Morrilton

City of Stuttgart, asbestos removal, window repair and elevator, $54,166, Stuttgart Post Office, Stuttgart

City of Van Buren, stabilize floor, $10,000, Frisco Railroad Depot, Van Buren

City of Warren, roof, $10,000, Warren Post Office, Warren

Community of Union, install windows, $10,000, Paris vic.

Drew County Historical Society, fascia repair, $10,000, Garvin Caveness House, Monticello

Lakewood Improvement District, cleaning and repairs, $10,000, Dionicio Rodriguez sculptures

Mount Holly Cemetery Association, restore stone wall, $16,000, Little Rock

Mount Hebron Church, foundation, structure and roof repairs, $33,300, Colville

Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, roof repairs, $10,000, Hope

Prosperity Baptist Church, roof and porch repairs, $13,332, Ramsey

Scott County Senior Citizens, Inc., roof repairs, $18,000, Parks

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Appendix II

Properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places during FFY04

Arkansas County
Stuttgart U.S. Post Office, Stuttgart

Fort Smith to Jackson Road

Baxter County
Fort Smith to Jackson Road-Talbert’s Ferry Segments, Address Restricted

Benton County
Charles R. Craig Building and Putman Cemetery, both at Bentonville
Mt. Hebron M. E. Church, South, and Cemetery, Colville

Boone County
Elliott and Anna Barham House, Zinc

Bradley County
Mount Olive Rosenwald School, MountOlive
Warren Post Office, Warren

Harden Family Cemetery

Chicot County
Chicot County Training School and M.E. Davis House, both at Dermott
Harden Family Cemetery, Jennie vic.

Clark County
Old Arkansas 51, Curtis to Gum Springs, Curtis vic.
Nannie Gresham Biscoe House and RosedalePlantation Barn, both in Arkadelphia
McNeely Creek Bridge, Beirne

Cleburne County
Brewer School, Brewer

Solgohachia Bridge

Conway County
Solgohachia Bridge, Solgohachia vic.
Cove Creek Bridge, Martinville vic.

Crittenden County
Old Earle High School, Earle

Dallas County
Dallas County Training School, Fordyce

Faulkner County
Military Road—Cadron Segment, Address Restricted

Garland County
Bellaire Court Historic District, Butchie’s Drive-In, Cottage Courts Historic District, Cove Tourist Court, Langdon Filling Station, Lynwood Tourist Court Historic District, Mountainaire Hotel Historic District, Opal’s Steak House, Parkway Courts Historic District, Perry Plaza Historic District, Taylor Rosamond Motel Historic District, Wheatley Courts and Van Lyell House, all in Hot Springs

Hempstead County
Dooley’s Ferry Fortifications Historic District, Address Restricted

Hot Spring County
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Malvern

Howard County
Noel O. Neal House, Nashville vic.
Tollette Shop Building, Tollette

Independence County
Big BottomSloughBridge, Magness vic.

Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Izard County
Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Mount Olive

Jefferson County
Dr. John Walter Parker Sr. House and Community Theatre, both at Pine Bluff

Lawrence County
Imboden Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Imboden

Little River County
Old U.S. 71-Wilton Segment, Wilton vic.

Logan County
Old Arkansas Highway 22, New Blaine
ShortMountainCreekBridge, Paris vic.

Lonoke County
Memphis to Little Rock Road—Brownsville Segment, Address Restricted
St. Louis Southwest Railway (Cotton Belt) Depot, Coy
First Presbyterian Church and Trimble-McCrary House, both at Lonoke Old U.S. 70-Union Valley Segment, UnionValley

Cannon Creek Bridge

Madison County
Cannon Creek Bridge, Cannon Creek

Miller County
Texarkana Municipal Building and Buhrman-Pharr Hardware Company Historic District, both at Texarkana
Old U.S. 67, Mandeville vic.

Confederate Section, OldRondoCemetery, Rondo

Edward Samuel Wildy Barn

Mississippi County
Edward Samuel Wildy Barn, Etowah

Ouachita County
Rumph House, Camden

Bigelow Rosenwald School

Perry County
Bigelow Rosenwald School, Toad Suck
South Fourche La Fave River Bridge, Hollis vic.

Pulaski County
Hotel Freiderica and 1720 W. 19^th Street, both at Little Rock
Wolf Bayou Bridge, Scott vic.

Looney-French House

Randolph County
Ravenden Springs School, Ravenden Springs
Cedar Grove School #81, Brockett
Looney-French House, Dalton vic.
Old U.S. 67, Biggers to Datto, Biggers vic.

Saline County
Royal Theater, Hester-Lenz House and Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building, all at Benton

Sebastian County
Old U.S. 71-Devil’s Backbone Segment, Greenwood vic.
St. LouisSan Francisco (Frisco) Railway Steam Engine #4003, Fort Smith

Sevier County
Hale Creek Bridge, Red Wing vic.
Oak Grove Rosenwald School, Oak Grove
Old U.S. 71-Little River Approach, Ben Lomond vic.
Otis Theodore and Effiegene Locke Wingo House, DeQueen

Tharp House

Washington County
Son’s Chapel and Tharp House, both in Fayetteville
County Road 6 Bridge, Cincinnati vic.
Old U.S. 71, Greenland Segment, Greenland

Woodruff County
Revel General Store, Revel
George Washington Carver High School Home Economics Building, Augusta

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Appendix III

Properties listed on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places during FFY04

Benton County
Pea Ridge School Complex Historic District

Clay County
Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer House, Piggott

The Traveler

Cleveland County
The Traveler, Rison vic.

Conway County
Plumerville High School Gymnasium, Plumerville

Desha County
St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Arkansas City

Garland County
Gibson Court Historic District, Hot Springs

Union Church and School

Logan County
Union Church and School, Union

Lonoke County
First Baptist Church, Keo

Madison County
St. Paul School, St. Paul

Sebastian County
Marshall Strother Gaines House, Greenwood

Fitzhugh’s Woods Battlefield

Woodruff County
Fitzhugh’s Woods Battlefield, Address Restricted

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Appendix IV

Board and Staff Members

State Review Board Members

Dr. Trey Berry, Arkadelphia
Dr. Ann Early, Fayetteville
Bob Kempkes, Hot Springs
Clara Henson, Wynne
David Krueger, Russellville
Carl Miller, Jr., Little Rock
James Damron, Fort Smith
John Roberts, Little Rock
Richard Butler Jr., Little Rock
Roger Coleman, Little Rock
Anne Wagner Speed, Little Rock

Main StreetArkansas Advisory Board Members

Appointed by AHPP:

Ken Grunewald, Little Rock
Sharon Priest, Little Rock
Mayor Bob Reynolds, Harrison, Vice-Chair

Appointed by HPAA:

Jenny Harmon, Hindsville, Chair
Charlotte Schexnayder, Dumas
Sen. Tim Wooldridge, Paragould

Appointed by ADED

Melinda Faubel, Little Rock
Philip Para, West Memphis
Pam Christie, Little Rock, ADED

Aaron Black, Governor's Office, ex officio

Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Staff

Cathie Matthews, State Historic Preservation Officer
Ken Grunewald, AHPP Director, Deputy SHPO
Patrick Ralston, AHPP Assistant Director
Rosemary McFarland, Administrative Assistant

Community Outreach Program
Mark Christ, Community Outreach Director
Ralph Wilcox, National Register/Survey Coordinator
Wendy S. Perkins, National Register Historian
Benita Duvall, Interim National Register Historian
Sarah Jampole, Survey Historian
Holly Hope, Special Projects Historian
Zac Cothren, Preservation Outreach Coordinator
Emily Pennel, Education Outreach Coordinator
Kelli Peters, Registrar

Federal Programs
Missy McSwain, Federal Programs Manager
Brian Driscoll, Tax/Technical Assistance Coordinator
Mona Hughes, Easement Coordinator/Preservation Planner
Boyd Maher, Certified Local Government Coordinator
Michelle Pitre, Administrative Assistant

Archeology/Review and Compliance Program
George McCluskey, Director of Archeology Programs/ Section 106 Review Coordinator
Steve Imhoff, Archeologist
Scott Sutterfield, Historic Research Assistant
Camille Hartmann, Administrative Assistant
Rachel Miller, Administrative Assistant

Fiscal Programs
Jeff Holder, Finance Officer
Joia Burton, Grants Administrator
Lee Stricklin, Finance Administrator

Main Street Arkansas
Marian Boyd, Main Street State Coordinator
Greg Phillips, Assistant State Coordinator
Cary Tyson, Assistant State Coordinator
Mark Miller, Small Business Consultant
Nancy Lowe, Design Consultant
Kerri Sangalli, Interior Design Consultant
Nikki Baker, Administrative Assistant

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, which seeks to identify a sense of time and place for Arkansans and enhance their quality of life through the documentation, interpretation, preservation and presentation of the state's natural, cultural and historic resources. Other agencies of the Department of Arkansas Heritage are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the HistoricArkansasMuseum, the MosaicTemplarsCulturalCenter, the DeltaCulturalCenter in Helena and the OldStateHouseMuseum.

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