Old South Restaurant
The Old South Restaurant is a historic diner and local restaurant landmark at 1330 East Main Street in Russellville, Arkansas. It is a modular single-story structure, with streamlined Art Moderne styling consisting of exterior porcelain-coated aluminum paneling, bands of fixed windows, and a protruding aluminum entrance, above which a neon-lighted sign rises. The diner was built in 1947 out of manufactured parts produced by the National Glass and Manufacturing Company of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Construction time was six days.[2]
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Location | 1330 E. Main St., Russellville, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°16′41″N 93°7′1″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1947 |
Built by | Stell, William E.; et.al. |
Architectural style | Moderne |
MPS | Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 99001064[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 3, 1999 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Old South Restaurant" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
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