Magnolia Commercial Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Arkansas, United States}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP | name = Magnolia Commercial Historic District | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image = Downtown Magnolia, AR IMG 2313.JPG | caption = | location = Roughly bounded by Madison Ave., Calhoun St., Jackson Ave.& Union St., Magnolia, Arkansas | coordinates = {{coord|33|16|2|N|93|14|27|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Arkansas#USA | built = {{Start date|1899}} | architect = W.S. Hull, Ginocchio & Cromwell | architecture = Early Commercial, Art Deco | added = May 20, 2008 | area = {{convert|10|acre}} | refnum = 08000435<ref name="nris">{{NRISref |refnum=08000435|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Magnolia Commercial Historic District''' encompasses the historic heart of Magnolia, the county seat of Columbia County, Arkansas. It includes the courthouse square and most of the buildings which face it, as well as buildings along Calhoun and Jackson Streets. The centerpiece of the district is the square itself and the Columbia County Courthouse, a Renaissance Revival structure built in 1905 to a design by W. S. Hull. The square is lined with mostly brick-faced buildings built between about 1899 and 1910, and between 1938 and 1958, when the city experienced a second building boom. The oldest known surviving building, then as now housing a pharmacy, is located at 111 S. Court Square. One prominent building from the second building phase is the Cameo Theater Building (111 N. Jackson), an Art Deco design built in 1948.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/!userfiles/CO0501.nr.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Magnolia Commercial Historic District|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref>

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.<ref name="nris"/>

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Category:Art Deco architecture in Arkansas Category:Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Category:National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Arkansas Category:Magnolia, Arkansas