Rucker House
National Register of Historic Places

Rucker House

Bauxite, Saline County, Arkansas
Listed
June 15, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88000744

About this property

The Rucker House, also known as the Caretaker's House is a historic house at Benton and School Streets in Bauxite, Arkansas. It is a vernacular two-story wood-frame structure, with a side gable central section that has a cross-gable section at the western end, and a second wing extending northward from the eastern end. A porch extends across the front as far as the cross-gable section, with a shed roof supported by simple posts. The house was built in 1905 by the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, a predecessor of Alcoa, whose bauxite mining business dominated the local economy. The home was built for plant superintendent, W. A. Rucker, who lived in the home until 1938. His son, C. L. Rucker, would become a school board member and secure funding for the construction of a school for the community. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It was deemed important as the only surviving, intact house of the original Bauxite, a company town that was established in 1903. It was home of the company's plant supervisor, W. A. Rucker. National Register of Historic Places listings in Saline County, Arkansas

Location

Bauxite, Saline County, Arkansas
34.55583, -92.51032

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
Sources

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

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When was Rucker House listed on the National Register?

Rucker House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1988.

What type of historic resource is Rucker House?

Rucker House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Rucker House is recorded as the industrial era.

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