Esso Station
National Register of Historic Places

Esso Station

Piggott, Arkansas
Listed
June 2, 2000
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
00000604

About this property

The Esso Station was a historic Esso automotive service station at 287 East Main Street in Piggott, Arkansas. It was a small single-story single-room stuccoed structure, with flanking shed-roofed restroom wings on either side. The main block was fronted by plate glass windows on either side of an entrance sheltered by a small shed-roof portico. It had distinctive Colonial Revival detailing, including a row of soldier bricks at the top of the foundation, and a modillioned cornice. The station was built in 1942. It was demolished sometime after August 2013. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, at which time the property housed a funeral monuments business. It was delisted in 2024.

Location

Piggott, Arkansas
36.37637, -90.18783
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Clay County Courthouse, Eastern District
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Piggott Commercial Historic District
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When was Esso Station listed on the National Register?

Esso Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 2000.

What type of historic resource is Esso Station?

Esso Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Esso Station is recorded as the industrial era.

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