National Register of Historic Places

Leach, R.L., Grocery Store

Dutch Mills, Washington County, Arkansas
Listed
January 26, 2018
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100002013

About this property

The R.L. Leach Grocery Store is a historic commercial building on Dutch Mills Road in Dutch Mills, Arkansas. Built about 1925, it is a single-story structure with a gabled roof and exterior finished in novelty siding. A shed-roof porch extends across the front facade supported by square posts. The facade is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances, each flanked by sash windows. A parapet above the porch roof is adorned with a sign identifying the building. The building site was where the first general store and post office were located in the village of Dutch Mills, when it was first settled by German immigrants in the 1860s. The present building is in part built in 1925 as a replacement for an earlier store destroyed by fire, and in part from a nearby filling station building, which was grafted onto it. In addition to housing the community store, it also served as its post office until 1968. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

Location

Dutch Mills, Washington County, Arkansas
35.87627, -94.49134

Categories

COMMERCE
Sources

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

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When was Leach, R.L., Grocery Store listed on the National Register?

Leach, R.L., Grocery Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 2018.

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Leach, R.L., Grocery Store is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Leach, R.L., Grocery Store is recorded as the industrial era.

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