Ritchie Grocery Building
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Location | Jct. of Front and Olive Sts., Texarkana, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 33°25′15″N 94°2′29″W / 33.42083°N 94.04139°WCoordinates: 33°25′15″N 94°2′29″W / 33.42083°N 94.04139°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP Reference # | 90000900[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 14, 1990 |
The Ritchie Grocery Building is a historic commercial building at Front and Olive Streets in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick and masonry building with a flat roof and a parapet along the main facade. It was built c. 1900 by Francis Mullins, owner of the Texas Produce Company, the first major grocery wholesaler in the city, founded in 1884. It is the only surviving Romanesque Revival building in downtown Texarkana, and has been owned by the Ritchie Grocery Company since 1926.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
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References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Ritchie Grocery Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
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