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Norman Town Square
United States historic place / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Norman Town Square is a public park at the center of Norman, Arkansas. It is bounded by 9th Street and Golf Course Road to the north and south, and Arkansas Highway 8 and Gurdon Avenue to the east and west. The park is about 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) in size, and is mostly open lawn, with a low stone retaining wall on the street-facing edges. The town library, built in 1935 with funding from the Works Progress Administration, stands at the center of the park, and there are four diamond-shaped flower planting areas located near the corners of the park, built in 1937 with WPA funding. It is the only known Depression-era town square laid out and built in Montgomery County.[2]
Norman Town Square | |
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Location | Bounded by AR 8 and 8th, Gurdon and 7th Sts., Norman, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°27′17″N 93°40′49″W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1935-1940 (1935-1940) |
Built by | Emmory Black and G.S. Mitchell (stonemasons), Works Progress Administration |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Plain Traditional |
NRHP reference No. | 93000092[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 25, 1993 |
The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]