Rucker House (Bauxite, Arkansas)

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.[2]

Rucker House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Bauxite, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°33′21″N 92°30′37″W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1905
Built by	Pittsburgh Reduction Co.
NRHP reference No.	88000744[1]
Added to NRHP	June 16, 1988 (1988)

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] 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.[2]