Rucker House (Bauxite, Arkansas)
Rucker House | |
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Location in Arkansas | |
Nearest city | Bauxite, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°33′21″N 92°30′37″W / 34.55583°N 92.51028°W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1905 |
Built by | Pittsburgh Reduction Co. |
NRHP reference No. | 88000744[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 16, 1988 |
The Rucker House, also known as the Caretaker's House is a historic house at Benton and School Streets in Bauxite, Arkansas. It is a vernacular two-story wood-frame structure, with a side gable central section that has a cross-gable section at the western end, and a second wing extending northward from the eastern end. A porch extends across the front as far as the cross-gable section, with a shed roof supported by simple posts. The house was built in 1905 by the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, a predecessor of Alcoa, whose bauxite mining business dominated the local economy.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] It was deemed important as the only surviving, intact house of the original Bauxite, a company town that was established in 1903. It was home of the company's plant supervisor, W. A. Rucker.[2]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Rucker House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Houses completed in 1905
- Houses in Saline County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Saline County, Arkansas
- Bauxite, Arkansas
- 1905 establishments in Arkansas
- Alcoa
- Bauxite mining
- Company housing
- Central Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs