El Dorado Apartments (El Dorado, Arkansas)
El Dorado Apartments | |
El Dorado Apartments in 2016 | |
Location | 420 Wilson Pl., El Dorado, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 33°12′22″N 92°39′37″W / 33.20611°N 92.66028°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1926 |
Architect | James Saye Smith, Cheshir Peyton |
Part of | Murphy-Hill Historic District (ID07000974) |
NRHP reference No. | 83003549[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 1, 1983 |
Designated CP | September 20, 2007 |
The El Dorado Apartments in El Dorado, Arkansas are a historic apartment house at 420 Wilson Place. The two story brick and limestone building was designed by Louisiana architect Cheshire Peyton, and built in 1926 in response to the discovery of oil in the area and the ensuing economic boom. It houses 24 small efficiency units, designed for use by the transient but wealthier workers and managers of the oil-related economy. The building has limestone window sills, and rows of brick-inlaid limestone squares between the windows. The cornice of the flat roof is decorated with brick dentil moulding and modillions.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,[1] and included in the Murphy-Hill Historic District in 2007.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for El Dorado Apartments". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Murphy-Hill Historic District". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- Residential buildings completed in 1926
- Buildings and structures in El Dorado, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Arkansas
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas
- Apartment buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- 1926 establishments in Arkansas
- Southwest Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs