Places to see at Ashdown, Arkansas

Best Places to visit in Ashdown, Arkansas - Best Things to do in Ashdown, AR
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Ashdown Commercial Historic District 0.08 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Ashdown Commercial Historic District encompasses part of the historic commercial heart of Ashdown, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas. This area was developed primarily between 1905 and 1945, and represents the city's growth during that time as a cotton and lumber center. It covers a roughly two-block area bounded on the west by an alley west of East Main Street, on the north by Keller Street, on the east by Whitaker Street, and on the south by North Constitution Street (United States Route 59). Prominent early buildings in the district include the R. M. Price Building (46 E. Main Street), a large two-story brick building built 1905, the 1915 Dixie Theater, and the 1905 Little River News building at 45A E. Main Street. Stylistically distinctive is the 1947 Williams Theater at 360 Keller Street, which is the only Art Deco building in the area.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad Depot 0.1 7
Railway Stations, Industrial Facilities, Interesting Places

The Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad Depot is a historic train station at the junction of Whitaker Avenue and Frisco Street in Ashdown, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure in the Plain Traditional style with Folk Victorian elements. Notable decorative elements include brackets in the eaves and Stick-style woodwork in the gables. The exterior of the building is essentially original, while the interior has been extensively altered by multiple uses. The station was built in 1908 by the Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad, a regional railroad whose goal was to connect Memphis, Tennessee and Paris, Texas. The railroad was operated, under a variety of names and owners, including the Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad, offering passenger service until 1947 and freight service until 1993.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Hunter-Coulter House 0.14 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Hunter-Coulter House is a historic house at the northern corner of 2nd and Commerce Streets in Ashdown, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof, which extends over a full-width front porch supported by heavy wooden columns on brick piers. The house is an example of American craftsman architecture, with exposed rafters and large knee brackets visible. The house was built in 1918 for William Grant Hunter, during the building boom that followed the railroad's arrival in Ashdown. It is one of the few residences in the county to survive from that period.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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Little River County Courthouse 0.18 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Little River County Courthouse is a courthouse at Main and 2nd Streets in Ashdown, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Little River County. Built in 1907, it is a roughly square red brick structure with Classical Revival styling and a dome rising from the center of its hipped roof. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Little River County Training School Historic District 0.38 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Little River County Training School Historic District encompasses the surviving buildings of a defunct once-segregated vocational school in Ashdown, Arkansas. It occupies two city blocks, bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, and Hamilton, Wood, and Byrne Streets. The surviving buildings are a classroom building, the gymnasium, and the shop building. All are single story brick structures, and were built between 1962 and 1965. They represent the last surviving buildings in Little River County that were used as segregated facilities. The school was first developed in the 1920s, with funding and other support from the Rosenwald Fund; a building burned down in 1957, and another in 1980. The school was used in an integrated setting, mainly as a junior high school, until 1979, when the new Junior High opened for the 1979\u20131980 school year. The building on Hamilton Street was utilized as a Primary Center until it burned, in 1980.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

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Judge Jefferson Thomas Cowling House 0.38 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Judge Jefferson Thomas Cowling House is a historic house at 611 Willow Street in Ashdown, Arkansas. It is a 2+1\u20442-story wood-frame structure exhibiting architectural styling transitional between the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. It features the asymmetrical massing and busy roof line of the Queen Anne style, with a projecting corner section with a conical turret, while its porch columns are more classical in form than those typically found in the Queen Anne. The house was built in 1910 for J. T. Cowling, one of Ashdown's most prominent early settlers.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Old US 71 – Ashdown Segment 0.43 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) is a U.S. highway that runs from Krotz Springs, LA to the Fort Frances\u2013International Falls International Bridge at the Canadian border. In Arkansas, the highway runs from the Louisiana state line near Doddridge to the Missouri state line near Bella Vista. In Texarkana, the highway runs along State Line Avenue with US 59 and partially runs in Texas (northbound traffic is in Arkansas and southbound in Texas). Other areas served by the highway include Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas.

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Ashdown Commercial Historic District 0.08 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Ashdown Commercial Historic District encompasses part of the historic commercial heart of Ashdown, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas. This area was developed primarily between 1905 and 1945, and represents the city's growth during that time as a cotton and lumber center. It covers a roughly two-block area bounded on the west by an alley west of East Main Street, on the north by Keller Street, on the east by Whitaker Street, and on the south by North Constitution Street (United States Route 59). Prominent early buildings in the district include the R. M. Price Building (46 E. Main Street), a large two-story brick building built 1905, the 1915 Dixie Theater, and the 1905 Little River News building at 45A E. Main Street. Stylistically distinctive is the 1947 Williams Theater at 360 Keller Street, which is the only Art Deco building in the area.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad Depot 0.1 7
Railway Stations, Industrial Facilities, Interesting Places

The Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad Depot is a historic train station at the junction of Whitaker Avenue and Frisco Street in Ashdown, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure in the Plain Traditional style with Folk Victorian elements. Notable decorative elements include brackets in the eaves and Stick-style woodwork in the gables. The exterior of the building is essentially original, while the interior has been extensively altered by multiple uses. The station was built in 1908 by the Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad, a regional railroad whose goal was to connect Memphis, Tennessee and Paris, Texas. The railroad was operated, under a variety of names and owners, including the Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad, offering passenger service until 1947 and freight service until 1993.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Hunter-Coulter House 0.14 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Hunter-Coulter House is a historic house at the northern corner of 2nd and Commerce Streets in Ashdown, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof, which extends over a full-width front porch supported by heavy wooden columns on brick piers. The house is an example of American craftsman architecture, with exposed rafters and large knee brackets visible. The house was built in 1918 for William Grant Hunter, during the building boom that followed the railroad's arrival in Ashdown. It is one of the few residences in the county to survive from that period.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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Little River County Courthouse 0.18 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Little River County Courthouse is a courthouse at Main and 2nd Streets in Ashdown, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Little River County. Built in 1907, it is a roughly square red brick structure with Classical Revival styling and a dome rising from the center of its hipped roof. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Little River County Training School Historic District 0.38 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Little River County Training School Historic District encompasses the surviving buildings of a defunct once-segregated vocational school in Ashdown, Arkansas. It occupies two city blocks, bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, and Hamilton, Wood, and Byrne Streets. The surviving buildings are a classroom building, the gymnasium, and the shop building. All are single story brick structures, and were built between 1962 and 1965. They represent the last surviving buildings in Little River County that were used as segregated facilities. The school was first developed in the 1920s, with funding and other support from the Rosenwald Fund; a building burned down in 1957, and another in 1980. The school was used in an integrated setting, mainly as a junior high school, until 1979, when the new Junior High opened for the 1979\u20131980 school year. The building on Hamilton Street was utilized as a Primary Center until it burned, in 1980.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

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Judge Jefferson Thomas Cowling House 0.38 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Judge Jefferson Thomas Cowling House is a historic house at 611 Willow Street in Ashdown, Arkansas. It is a 2+1\u20442-story wood-frame structure exhibiting architectural styling transitional between the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. It features the asymmetrical massing and busy roof line of the Queen Anne style, with a projecting corner section with a conical turret, while its porch columns are more classical in form than those typically found in the Queen Anne. The house was built in 1910 for J. T. Cowling, one of Ashdown's most prominent early settlers.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Old US 71 – Ashdown Segment 0.43 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) is a U.S. highway that runs from Krotz Springs, LA to the Fort Frances\u2013International Falls International Bridge at the Canadian border. In Arkansas, the highway runs from the Louisiana state line near Doddridge to the Missouri state line near Bella Vista. In Texarkana, the highway runs along State Line Avenue with US 59 and partially runs in Texas (northbound traffic is in Arkansas and southbound in Texas). Other areas served by the highway include Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas.

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North Park Avenue 0.45 6
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Squares

Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. Park Avenue's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue; the title still applies to the section between Cooper Square and 14th Street. The avenue is called Union Square East between 14th and 17th Streets, and Park Avenue South between 17th and 32nd Streets.

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North Park Avenue 0.45 6
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Squares

Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. Park Avenue's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue; the title still applies to the section between Cooper Square and 14th Street. The avenue is called Union Square East between 14th and 17th Streets, and Park Avenue South between 17th and 32nd Streets.

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Williams Theater 0.09 2
Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

Ashley Williams Dodson (born November 12, 1978), known as Ashley Williams, is an American actress. She is known for starring in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on TV Land and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami. Williams played Victoria on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother opposite Josh Radnor. She has starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 150 episodes of television in addition to television movies for The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Television, and ABC Family. She has worked in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off-Broadway, and on Broadway.

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Williams Theater 0.09 2
Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

Ashley Williams Dodson (born November 12, 1978), known as Ashley Williams, is an American actress. She is known for starring in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on TV Land and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami. Williams played Victoria on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother opposite Josh Radnor. She has starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 150 episodes of television in addition to television movies for The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Television, and ABC Family. She has worked in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off-Broadway, and on Broadway.

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Dixie Theater 0.09 1
Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939 \u2013 April 10, 2010) was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women (1986\u20131993) and as Randi King on the drama series Family Law (1999\u20132002). She was nominated for the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Gloria Hodge on Desperate Housewives (2006\u20132007).

Carter made her professional stage debut in a Memphis production of the musical Carousel in 1960 and made her Broadway debut in the 1974 musical Sextet. After appearing for two years as District Attorney Brandy Henderson on the CBS soap The Edge of Night (1974\u20131976), she starred in the 1976 Broadway revival of the musical Pal Joey. Her other television roles included the sitcoms On Our Own (1977\u20131978), Filthy Rich (1982\u20131983) and Diff'rent Strokes (1984\u20131985). She returned to Broadway to play Maria Callas in the play Master Class in 1997 and to play Mrs. Meers in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004.

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First United Methodist Church 0.09 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Christian Church 0.12 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Baptist Church 0.14 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Central Baptist Church 0.21 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Presbyterian Church 0.23 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Church of Christ 0.24 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church 0.35 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Assembly of God Church 0.37 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

House of God Church 0.41 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 0.41 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Craig Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church 0.53 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Ashdown Cemetery 0.67 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

First Church of the Nazarene 1.38 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Mount Moriah Church 2.39 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

32 Drive-In 2.41 1
Architecture, Historic Architecture, Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places, Destroyed Objects

At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band's most recent line-up consisted of Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals), Omar Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (drums) and Keeley Davis (guitar, vocals).

After several early line-up changes, the band solidified into a five-piece, consisting of Bixler-Zavala, Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez, Jim Ward, Hinojos and Hajjar. At the Drive-In released three studio albums and five EPs before breaking up in 2001. Their third and final album before their split, 2000's Relationship of Command, received a number of accolades and is cited as a landmark of the post-hardcore genre. Following the breakup, Bixler-Zavala and Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez formed the Mars Volta while Ward, Hinojos, and Hajjar formed Sparta; Hinojos would later join the Mars Volta.

At the Drive-In reunited in January 2012 and played the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, as well as the 2012 Lollapalooza Festival. In 2016, the band reunited for a second time, with guitarist and occasional lead vocalist Jim Ward no longer participating. He was replaced by Sparta's Keeley Davis. The band released their fourth studio album, in\u2022ter a\u2022li\u2022a, in 2017. The band announced an indefinite hiatus in November 2018.

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Elmore Church 2.68 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Haney Creek Baptist Church 2.88 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

New Hope Church 3.06 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Hicks Cemetery 3.05 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Rhodes Cemetery 3.06 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Dixie Theater 0.09 1
Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939 \u2013 April 10, 2010) was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women (1986\u20131993) and as Randi King on the drama series Family Law (1999\u20132002). She was nominated for the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Gloria Hodge on Desperate Housewives (2006\u20132007).

Carter made her professional stage debut in a Memphis production of the musical Carousel in 1960 and made her Broadway debut in the 1974 musical Sextet. After appearing for two years as District Attorney Brandy Henderson on the CBS soap The Edge of Night (1974\u20131976), she starred in the 1976 Broadway revival of the musical Pal Joey. Her other television roles included the sitcoms On Our Own (1977\u20131978), Filthy Rich (1982\u20131983) and Diff'rent Strokes (1984\u20131985). She returned to Broadway to play Maria Callas in the play Master Class in 1997 and to play Mrs. Meers in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004.

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First United Methodist Church 0.09 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Christian Church 0.12 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Baptist Church 0.14 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Central Baptist Church 0.21 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Presbyterian Church 0.23 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Church of Christ 0.24 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church 0.35 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Assembly of God Church 0.37 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

House of God Church 0.41 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church 0.41 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Craig Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church 0.53 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Ashdown Cemetery 0.67 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

First Church of the Nazarene 1.38 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Mount Moriah Church 2.39 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

32 Drive-In 2.41 1
Architecture, Historic Architecture, Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places, Destroyed Objects

At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band's most recent line-up consisted of Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals), Omar Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (drums) and Keeley Davis (guitar, vocals).

After several early line-up changes, the band solidified into a five-piece, consisting of Bixler-Zavala, Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez, Jim Ward, Hinojos and Hajjar. At the Drive-In released three studio albums and five EPs before breaking up in 2001. Their third and final album before their split, 2000's Relationship of Command, received a number of accolades and is cited as a landmark of the post-hardcore genre. Following the breakup, Bixler-Zavala and Rodr\u00edguez-L\u00f3pez formed the Mars Volta while Ward, Hinojos, and Hajjar formed Sparta; Hinojos would later join the Mars Volta.

At the Drive-In reunited in January 2012 and played the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, as well as the 2012 Lollapalooza Festival. In 2016, the band reunited for a second time, with guitarist and occasional lead vocalist Jim Ward no longer participating. He was replaced by Sparta's Keeley Davis. The band released their fourth studio album, in\u2022ter a\u2022li\u2022a, in 2017. The band announced an indefinite hiatus in November 2018.

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Elmore Church 2.68 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Haney Creek Baptist Church 2.88 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

New Hope Church 3.06 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Hicks Cemetery 3.05 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Rhodes Cemetery 3.06 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places