Historic Preservation

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Digitized History</B></FONT><B>     |   </B><B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Digitized History"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <B>Historic Preservation</B>   |   <A HREF="preservation_grants.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preservation Grants">Preservation Grants</A>   |   <A HREF="home.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preservation Society">Preservation Society</A>   |   <A HREF="bibliographies.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliographies">Bibliographies</A>   |   <A HREF="library_resources.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library Resources">Library Resources</A>   |   <A HREF="books___obits.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books Obits">Books & Obits</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B> Historic District Commission</B></div> <div> <B>**</B></div> <div> <B> ES Historical</B></div> <div> <B>Museum</B></div> <div> <B>**</B></div> <div> <B>Preservation</B></div> <div> <B>Society</B></div> <div> <B>**</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Historic Preservation</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Historic Preservation</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     In 1970, Eureka Springs became the first Historic District in Arkansas to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.</B></div> <div> <B>     This included the entire city limits of about two square miles.  With further expansion of the City, in 2005, a second nomination was approved by the National  Park Service, which then established Eureka Springs as a </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial Black" ><B>Nationally Significant District</B></FONT><B> on the National Register of Historic Places – and is the only such in Arkansas!</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial Black" >Additional  Recognitions</FONT>:</div> <bR> <div> One of <I><B>“Twelve Distinctive Destinations”</B></I><B> 2001</B></div> <div> National Trust for Historic Preservation</div> <div> Recipient of <I><B>Save America’s Treasures Grant</B></I><B> 2004</B></div> <div> U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service</div> <div> <I><B>Volunteer Community of the Year </B></I><B>2004</B></div> <div> Arkansas Division of Volunteerism, Arkansas Municipal League</div> <div> <I><B>Oldest Continuing Tree City USA </B></I>in Arkansas</div> <div> Community of the Year, Meritorious Achievement Award 2005</div> <div> Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission</div> <div> <I><B>One of America’s Top 25 Art Communities </B></I><B>2005</B></div> <div> American Style Magazine</div> <div> <B>Preserve America Community, 2005 </B></div> <div> (US President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation)</div> <bR> <div> ****************</div> <div> <B>National Register properties are distinguished by having been documented and evaluated according to uniform standards.  These standards were developed to recognize the accomplishments of all peoples who have made a contribution to our country's history and heritage.  The criteria are designed to guide state and local governments, federal agencies, and others in evaluating potential entries in the National Register. Properties, whether sites, buildings, structures, objects, or districts, must possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. They must also fit one or more criteria such as:</B><B> </B><B> </B><I>Embodiment of the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; representation of the work of a master; possession of high artistic values; or representation of a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction </I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***********************</div> <div> <B>Eureka Springs Historic Museum</B></div> <div> Located at 95 South Main --- South end of Historic Downtown Eureka Springs.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0099" FACE="Arial Black" >Museum Director,</FONT> Ginni Miller</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c0fadb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="219" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Eureka Springs Historical Museum operates as a nonprofit corporation </div> <div> exclusively for charitable, literary, artistic, and educational purposes.</div> <bR> <div> Headquartered in the historic 1889 Calif House, this historic three-story structure was made from limestone taken from the nearby White River.  It houses a vast storehouse of historic and cultural items and displays a variety of exhibits in preserving the history and art of this health resort town and its people.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> *************</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="preservation_grants.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preservation Grants"><B>Next  Page</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>