National Guard Armory (Mena, Arkansas) Explained

National Guard Armory
Location:Jct. of DeQueen and Maple Sts., Mena, Arkansas
Coordinates:34.5842°N -94.2381°W
Built:1931
Architect:Kyle, Derwood F.
Architecture:Art Deco, Rustic fieldstone
Added:June 5, 1991
Refnum:91000682

The National Guard Armory is a history armory building at DeQueen and Maple Streets in Mena, Arkansas. It is a large single-story Art Deco building, fashioned out of fieldstone and concrete in 1931. It is the best example in Mena of a stone building style more typically found in the more mountainous surrounding areas. It was designed by Derwood F. Kyle of Pine Bluff, and was from the start designed to include community meeting spaces, a function the building continues to perform.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for National Guard Armory. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-05-04.