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Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District

Coordinates: 35°58′9″N 92°44′52″W / 35.96917°N 92.74778°W / 35.96917; -92.74778
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Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District
Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District is located in Arkansas
Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District
Location in Arkansas
Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District is located in the United States
Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District
Location in United States
LocationUS 65, Silver Hill, Arkansas
Coordinates35°58′9″N 92°44′52″W / 35.96917°N 92.74778°W / 35.96917; -92.74778
Arealess than one acre
Built1946 (1946)
ArchitectHarry Willmering, Homer Smith
MPSArkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
NRHP reference No.00001361[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 2000

The Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District encompasses a historic tourist accommodation on United States Route 65 in central northern Searcy County, Arkansas, just south of the Buffalo National River. Located behind the Silver Hill Float Service on the west side of the highway stand six stone and timber cabins, with large sandstone blocks and plank doors on the fronts, and shed roofs obscured by parapets. Built in 1946 by Harry Willmering, these vernacular structures are representative of tourist accommodations built in the period after World War II to cater to the automobile-based vacationing public.[2]

The cabins were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[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 Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic District". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
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