Eddie Mae Herron Center & Museum

The Eddie Mae Herron Center & Museum is a historic community building at 1708 Archer Street in Pocahontas, Arkansas. Originally built as an African Methodist Episcopal Church, it is a small one-room wood frame structure, with a gable roof and novelty siding. A flat-roof addition expands the building to the right. The main facade has two entrances, each sheltered by a small gable-roofed hood. The building was built in 1918, to provide facilities for a church and school to the small African-American community in Pocahontas. It served as a church for thirty years, and as a school for fifty, and was later adapted for other uses, most recently as a museum and community center.[2]

St. Mary's AME Church-Pocahontas Colored School
Location1708 Archer St.
Pocahontas, Arkansas
Coordinates36°15′44″N 90°58′53″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1918
Architectural stylePlain-Traditional
NRHP reference No.02000830[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 5, 2002

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as the St. Mary's AME Church—Pocahontas Colored School.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for St. Mary's AME Church-Pocahontas Colored School" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2015-01-10.


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