Levon Helm house rejected by National Register

Plans proceeding to boost claim, resubmit location to National Register

January 31, 2024 at 7:21 a.m.

by Bill Bowden

Levon Helm's boyhood home in Turkey Scratch has been moved seven miles south to downtown Marvell, where it is being restored. Helm was a drummer and vocalist for The Band who won Grammy awards for three solo albums. He died in 2012. (Arkansas Democrat Gazette/Bill Bowden)
Levon Helm's boyhood home in Turkey Scratch has been moved seven miles south to downtown Marvell, where it is being restored. Helm was a drummer and vocalist for The Band who won Grammy awards for three solo albums. He died in 2012. (Arkansas Democrat Gazette/Bill Bowden)


Levon Helm's boyhood home in Marvell was rejected for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, but Ann Ballard Bryan said "there's still a glimmer of hope."

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