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Rucker House (Bauxite, Arkansas)

Coordinates: 34°33′21″N 92°30′37″W / 34.55583°N 92.51028°W / 34.55583; -92.51028
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Rucker House
Rucker House (Bauxite, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Rucker House (Bauxite, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Rucker House (Bauxite, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Rucker House (Bauxite, Arkansas)
Location in United States
Nearest cityBauxite, Arkansas
Coordinates34°33′21″N 92°30′37″W / 34.55583°N 92.51028°W / 34.55583; -92.51028
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1905
Built byPittsburgh Reduction Co.
NRHP reference No.88000744[1]
Added to NRHPJune 16, 1988 (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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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Rucker House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-13.