National Guard Armory (Batesville, Arkansas)

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.

National Guard Armory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	380 S. Ninth St., Batesville, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°46′21″N 91°38′37″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1936 (1936)
Architect	Peter Blaauw
Architectural style	Art Deco, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	98000579[1]
Added to NRHP	May 29, 1998

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.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

Old Independence Regional Museum

In 1998, the building was repurposed into a museum to interpret the history of Independence County, a historical county that existed in Arkansas from 1820 and originally included land from all or part of Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Izard, Jackson, Marion, Poinsett, Sharp, Stone, White, and Woodruff counties. The museum held its grand opening and dedication on September 12, 1998.^[3]

See also

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