380 S. Ninth St., Batesville, Arkansas. County/parish: Independence.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 29, 1998. NRIS 98000579.
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The former National Guard Armory of Batesville, Arkansas, is located at 380 South Ninth Street. Built in 1936, it is a large and imposing sandstone structure with Gothic Revival and Art Deco features.
It was designed by Peter Blaauw, a Dutch architect from Sulphur Rock, and built with funding from the Works Progress Administration. After the National Guard vacated the facility in 1976, it was used for storage and sat vacant.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
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