FAYETTEVILLE -- The city has another neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Meadow Spring district downtown was recognized in March for its easily identifiable historical significance and range of architecture styles spanning 1870 to 1955, according to the application submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior. The district includes 76 residential buildings and eight commercial buildings.
The district is roughly bounded by Dickson and Mountain streets and West Avenue east to Church Avenue. Much of the original workmanship has remained unchanged, which is a rarity in a rapidly developing city such as Fayetteville, said Ralph Wilcox with the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.
The idea sprang from the mind of local historian Jerry Hogan a few years ago. Hogan, who served on the city's Historic District Commission, said he had been walking along West Avenue near Meadow Street. A row of historic homes, including the John S. Vest house and Tharp house, which are on the national register, caught his eye.
Staff with the Historic Preservation Program visited after that and presented what they said they believed would be a defensible boundary for a historic district.
Metro on 04/29/2019