Almer Store

Almer Store
Location 824 Columbia St., Helena, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°31′42″N 90°35′20″W / 34.52833°N 90.58889°W / 34.52833; -90.58889Coordinates: 34°31′42″N 90°35′20″W / 34.52833°N 90.58889°W / 34.52833; -90.58889
Area less than one acre
Built 1875 (1875)
Built by Almer, Ulrich
Part of Beech Street Historic District (#86003314)
NRHP reference # 74000488[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 18, 1974
Designated CP January 30, 1987

The Almer Store is a historic commercial building at 824 Columbia Street in Helena, Arkansas. Built sometime in the 1870s by Swiss immigrants, it is one of the oldest commercial buildings in Phillips County. Ulrich Almer is claimed to have built the store out of the parts of a raft he and his wife floated down the Mississippi River. The Almer's were dairy farmers, who sold their milk products from the building, which later became more of a neighborhood market. It was in danger of demolition in the early 1970s when it was acquired by the Phillips County Historical Society and restored.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Almer Store" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-24.


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