The Rison Cities Service Station is a historic automobile service station at Main and Magnolia Streets in Rison, Arkansas. It is a distinctive modest brick English Revival structure built in 1938. It has a cross-gable roof, in which there is a small oculus in each of the gables. The front facade has large plate glass windows flanking a central doorway. It was built and operated by the Arkansas Fuel and Oil Company, which operated it from 1938 to 1969 as a Cities Service station. Since then it has been seen various commercial uses.[2]
Rison Cities Service Station | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 308 Main St., Rison, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°57′31″N 92°11′24″W / 33.95861°N 92.19500°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1938 |
| Built by | Cities Service (now Citgo) |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| MPS | Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000486[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 10, 2001 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
See also
edit- Rison Texaco Service Station, a former Art Deco station just up the road
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland County, Arkansas
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Rison Cities Service Station". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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