L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office

L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office
Location 508 S. Monroe St., DeWitt, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°17′26″N 91°20′27″W / 34.29056°N 91.34083°W / 34.29056; -91.34083Coordinates: 34°17′26″N 91°20′27″W / 34.29056°N 91.34083°W / 34.29056; -91.34083
Area less than one acre
Built 1942 (1942)
NRHP Reference # 12001229[1]
Added to NRHP January 29, 2013

The L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office is a historic office building at 508 South Monroe Street in DeWitt, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure with a low-pitch shed roof. Built in 1942, the building has minimal styling, with a recessed porch on its eastern facade sheltering the entries to two storefronts. It is notable as the only surviving element associated with the business activities of Lester Asher Black (1880-1945), a leading businessman in DeWitt. Black was the president of the First National Bank of DeWitt from its founding in 1912 until his death, and operated a rice mill (no longer standing) as well as a hardware and agricultural supply store catering to rice farmers. He also owned thousands of acres of land planted in rice, at a time when Arkansas was the largest national supplier of the crop.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

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  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 L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-30.


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