Norman Town Square Explained

Norman Town Square
Location:Bounded by AR 8 and 8th, Gurdon and 7th Sts., Norman, Arkansas
Coordinates:34.4547°N -93.6803°W
Builder:Emmory Black and G.S. Mitchell (stonemasons), Works Progress Administration
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman, Plain Traditional
Added:February 25, 1993
Refnum:93000092

The Norman Town Square is a public park at the center of Norman, Arkansas. It is bounded by 9th Street and Golf Course Road to the north and south, and Arkansas Highway 8 and Gurdon Avenue to the east and west. The park is about 1.5acres in size, and is mostly open lawn, with a low stone retaining wall on the street-facing edges. The town library, built in 1935 with funding from the Works Progress Administration, stands at the center of the park, and there are four diamond-shaped flower planting areas located near the corners of the park, built in 1937 with WPA funding. It is the only known Depression-era town square laid out and built in Montgomery County.[1]

The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Norman Town Square. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-10-19.