The next Arkansas Historic Preservation Program “Walks Through History” tour will visit historic Pangburn in White County July 17, AHPP Director Frances McSwain announced recently.
Located in northwestern White County, Pangburn grew up along the banks of the Little Red River. The town is home to several National Register-listed houses designed in various vernacular styles popular during the Railroad Era. These homes were constructed quickly and inexpensively to accommodate rapid population growth during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The tour group will meet at the corner of Main and Searcy streets, and the tour is co-sponsored by the White County Historical Society.
In the “Walks Through History” program, AHPP historians each month provide free guided walking tours of historic structures and districts across Arkansas. The tours all begin at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. The tours can be used to earn one hour of American Institute of Architects continuing education credit and two hours of professional development credit through the Arkansas Department of Education.
Other 2010 “Walks Through History” tours will be held Aug. 14, Rector Commercial Historic District, co-sponsored by Rector Downtown Central; Sept. 18, DeWitt Commercial Historic District, co-sponsored by the Grand Prairie Historical Society; Oct. 9, Historic Hampton, co-sponsored by the Hampton Cemetery Committee; Nov. 13, Shaheen-Goodfellow Weekend Cottage (“Stoneflower”), co-sponsored by the Cleburne County Historical Society, and Dec. 11, Harrisburg Commercial Historic District, co-sponsored by the Sunken Lands Regional Chamber of Commerce.
All tours are free and open to the public. For information, call the AHPP at 501-324-9880, write the agency at 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center St., Little Rock, AR 72201, send an e-mail message to info@arkansaspreservation.org, or visit the agency web site at www.arkansaspreservation.org.
The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.
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