National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas
This is a complete list of the 16 National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas.
| Landmark name | Image | Date desig. | Locality | County | Description | |
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| Arkansas Post | image pending | 01960-10-09October 9, 1960 | Gillett |
Arkansas | Commemorates the first semi-permanent European settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley (1686); an American Revolutionary War skirmish (1783); the first territorial capital of Arkansas (1819–1821); and the American Civil War Battle of Fort Hindman (1863) | |
| Bathhouse Row | 01987-05-28May 28, 1987 | Hot Springs |
Garland | In Hot Springs National Park; largest collection of bathhouses in the United States; remains of the only federally-run spa | ||
| Beginning Point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey | image pending | 01993-04-19April 19, 1993 | Blackton |
Lee - Monroe - Phillips border | Point from which the lands acquired through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 were subsequently surveyed | |
| Camden Expedition Sites | 01994-04-19April 19, 1994 | 8 or 9 sites | several counties | Camden Expedition Civil War battle sites:
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| Centennial Baptist Church | image pending | 02003-07-31July 31, 2003 | Helena-West Helena | Phillips | Where Elias Camp Morris preached, unofficial headquarters for National Baptist Convention | |
| Daisy Bates House | image pending | 02001-01-03January 3, 2001 | Little Rock | Pulaski | Supporting site for desegregation of Little Rock Central High School | |
| Eaker Site | 01996-06-19June 19, 1996 | Blytheville | Mississippi | Archaeological site; shows evidence of pre-historic Nodena populations and also Quapaw occupation | ||
| Fort Smith | 01960-12-19December 19, 1960 | Fort Smith |
Sebastian | Protects the remains of two 19th-century U.S. military forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. | ||
| Joseph Taylor Robinson House | 01992-10-12October 12, 1992 | Little Rock | Pulaski | Home of influential Arkansas governor and U.S. senator | ||
| Little Rock Central High School | 01982-05-20May 20, 1982 | Little Rock |
Pulaski | Focal point of the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957 | ||
| Menard-Hodges Site | image pending | 01982-04-11April 11, 1982 | Nady |
Arkansas | Site includes two large mounds and several house mounds. | |
| Nodena Site | 01964-02-19February 19, 1964 | Wilson |
Mississippi | Located on Nodena Plantation; type site for an important Late Mississippian cultural component, the Nodena phase; date from about 1400-1700 AD; first excavations in 1897. | ||
| Old State House, Little Rock | 01997-12-09December 9, 1997 | Little Rock |
Pulaski | Oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River. | ||
| Parkin Indian Mound | 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 | Parkin |
Cross | A Late Mississippian and protohistoric palisaded village with one mound; may be the town of Casqui mentioned by 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. | ||
| Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery | 01992-07-06July 6, 1992 | Rohwer |
Desha | Site of a World War II Japanese American internment camp | ||
| Toltec Mounds Site | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Scott |
Lonoke | One of the most significant remnants of Native American life in the state. | ||
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