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Location of Newton County in Arkansas

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Arkansas.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.[1]

There are 14 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, and two former listings.

Contents: Counties in Arkansas


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.[2]

Current listings

[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Archeological Site 3NW79 May 23, 2007
(#07000202)
Address Restricted
Cowell
2 Big Buffalo Valley Historic District
Big Buffalo Valley Historic District
Big Buffalo Valley Historic District
July 29, 1987
(#87000110)
Buffalo National River
35°59′56″N 93°23′29″W / 35.999°N 93.3913°W / 35.999; -93.3913 (Big Buffalo Valley Historic District)
Ponca
3 Dr. Hudson Sanitarium Agricultural Building Historic District October 8, 1992
(#92001345)
Highway 327, south of its junction with Highway 74
35°59′42″N 93°12′12″W / 35.995°N 93.203333°W / 35.995; -93.203333 (Dr. Hudson Sanitarium Agricultural Building Historic District)
Jasper
4 Flowers Cabin
Flowers Cabin
Flowers Cabin
January 6, 2021
(#100005991)
Buffalo National River, Bench Trail, approx. .2 mi. east of the Hemmed In Hollow Trail, south of the Compton Trailhead
36°04′30″N 93°12′12″W / 36.074922216873°N 93.203333°W / 36.074922216873; -93.203333 (Flowers Cabin)
Compton vicinity
5 Harp Creek Bridge
Harp Creek Bridge
Harp Creek Bridge
April 9, 1990
(#90000519)
Highway 7 over Harp Creek
36°04′58″N 93°08′14″W / 36.082778°N 93.137222°W / 36.082778; -93.137222 (Harp Creek Bridge)
Jasper
6 Jasper Commercial Historic District
Jasper Commercial Historic District
Jasper Commercial Historic District
January 21, 2010
(#09001255)
Roughly bounded by Sycamore St., E. Elm St., N. Spring St., and Clark St.
36°00′29″N 93°11′14″W / 36.007922°N 93.187181°W / 36.007922; -93.187181 (Jasper Commercial Historic District)
Jasper
7 Gould Jones Reservoir
Gould Jones Reservoir
Gould Jones Reservoir
August 24, 1998
(#98000956)
Highway 7 just south of Jasper
36°00′12″N 93°11′07″W / 36.003333°N 93.185278°W / 36.003333; -93.185278 (Gould Jones Reservoir)
Jasper
8 Little Buffalo River Bridge
Little Buffalo River Bridge
Little Buffalo River Bridge
May 26, 1995
(#95000647)
Highway 327 over the Little Buffalo River
35°58′07″N 93°13′37″W / 35.968611°N 93.226944°W / 35.968611; -93.226944 (Little Buffalo River Bridge)
Parthenon
9 May Farmstead December 9, 1999
(#99001470)
3 miles northeast of Bass on Cave Creek
35°56′15″N 92°58′36″W / 35.9375°N 92.976667°W / 35.9375; -92.976667 (May Farmstead)
Bass
10 Newton County Courthouse
Newton County Courthouse
Newton County Courthouse
December 1, 1994
(#94001412)
Courthouse Sq.
36°00′29″N 93°11′13″W / 36.008056°N 93.186944°W / 36.008056; -93.186944 (Newton County Courthouse)
Jasper
11 Newton County Jail
Newton County Jail
Newton County Jail
December 1, 1994
(#94001414)
Junction of Spring and Elm Sts.
36°00′31″N 93°11′12″W / 36.008611°N 93.186667°W / 36.008611; -93.186667 (Newton County Jail)
Jasper
12 Parker-Hickman Farm Historic District
Parker-Hickman Farm Historic District
Parker-Hickman Farm Historic District
August 11, 1987
(#87001029)
Buffalo National River
36°04′16″N 93°13′18″W / 36.071111°N 93.221667°W / 36.071111; -93.221667 (Parker-Hickman Farm Historic District)
Erbie
13 Valley Y Ranch October 10, 2023
(#100009410)
North of the jct. of AR 74 and Steel Creek Rd.
36°01′53″N 93°20′31″W / 36.0314°N 93.3419°W / 36.0314; -93.3419 (Valley Y Ranch)
Ponca vicinity
14 Villines Mill
Villines Mill
Villines Mill
July 31, 1974
(#74000482)
North of Boxley on Highway 43
35°59′18″N 93°23′58″W / 35.988333°N 93.399444°W / 35.988333; -93.399444 (Villines Mill)
Boxley

Former listings

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Buffalo River Bridge
Buffalo River Bridge
Buffalo River Bridge
April 9, 1990
(#90000509)
January 3, 2022 Highway 7, over the Buffalo River
36°03′38″N 93°08′18″W / 36.060556°N 93.138333°W / 36.060556; -93.138333 (Buffalo River Bridge)
Pruitt Demolished in June 2021.
2 Newton County Academy January 18, 1979
(#79000447)
June 3, 1986 Gum Springs Rd.
Parthenon

See also

References

  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.