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Weldon Gin Company Historic District

Coordinates: 35°26′57″N 91°13′47″W / 35.44917°N 91.22972°W / 35.44917; -91.22972
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Weldon Gin Company Historic District
Weldon Gin Company Historic District is located in Arkansas
Weldon Gin Company Historic District
Weldon Gin Company Historic District is located in the United States
Weldon Gin Company Historic District
LocationNE corner of jct. of Washington St. & AR 17, Weldon, Arkansas
Coordinates35°26′57″N 91°13′47″W / 35.44917°N 91.22972°W / 35.44917; -91.22972
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built byContinental Gin Company
MPSCotton and Rice Farm History and Architecture in the Arkansas Delta MPS
NRHP reference No.08000487[1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 2008

The Weldon Gin Company Historic District encompasses a historic cotton gin complex in Weldon, Arkansas. With a history dating to 1833, the Weldon Gin Company was long a staple of the local economy. Located in the center of the town at the junction of Weldon and Washington Streets, the company complex includes a main gin building, built in 1939, and four outbuildings. The present mill was built to replace an earlier steam-powered mill after electricity was introduced to the area in the 1930s.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Weldon Gin Company Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved June 28, 2015.