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 / 34.45472°N 93.68028°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 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 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]
The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Norman Town Square" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
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