Rison Cities Service Station
The Rison Cities Service Station is a historic automobile service station at Main and Magnolia Streets in Rison, Arkansas. It is a distinctive modest brick English Revival structure built in 1938. It has a cross-gable roof, in which there is a small oculus in each of the gables. The front facade has large plate glass windows flanking a central doorway. It was built and operated by the Arkansas Fuel and Oil Company, which operated it from 1938 to 1969 as the Cities Service Station. Since then it has been seen various commercial uses.[2]
Rison Cities Service Station | |
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| Location | 308 Main St., Rison, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°57′31″N 92°11′24″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1938 |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| MPS | Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000486[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 10, 2001 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
See also
- Rison Texaco Service Station, a former Art Deco station just up the road
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland County, Arkansas
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Rison Cities Service Station" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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