Latimore Tourist Home

Latimore Tourist Home
Location 318 S. Houston Ave., Russellville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°16′36″N 93°8′26″W / 35.27667°N 93.14056°W / 35.27667; -93.14056Coordinates: 35°16′36″N 93°8′26″W / 35.27667°N 93.14056°W / 35.27667; -93.14056
Area less than one acre
NRHP Reference # 11001049[1]
Added to NRHP January 27, 2012

The Latimore Tourist Home is a historic tourist accommodation at 318 South Houston Avenue in Russellville, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood frame I-house, with a gabled roof, weatherboard siding, and stone foundation. A two-story porch extends across its front facade. Its construction date is uncertain, but before 1913. It was used as an accommodation for traveling African Americans during the 20th century period of racial segregation and Jim Crow laws, and was described in 1949's The Negro Motorist Green Book.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[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 Latimore Tourist Home" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-24.


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