St. Richard's Catholic Church

St. Richard's Catholic Church is a historic church at the junction of Hickory and Cleveland Streets in Bald Knob, Arkansas. It is attended by St. James Church, Searcy, in the Diocese of Little Rock.

St. Richard's Catholic Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Jct. of Hickory and Cleveland Sts., Bald Knob, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°18′42″N 91°34′14″W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	NPS Rustic architecture
MPS	White County MPS
NRHP reference No.	91001274[1]
Added to NRHP	July 20, 1992

A single story structure, the church was built out of fieldstone in the Rustic style popularized in the 1930s by the National Park Service. It was built in 1939, and represents Bald Knob's best example of this style in an ecclesiastical structure. It has a gabled roof, with a project gabled entry vestibule, with a round window in the main gable above.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for St. Richard's Catholic Church" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-02.