The National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas represent Arkansas's history from the Louisiana Purchase through the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. It contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Arkansas. There are 17 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arkansas.
This page includes a list of National Park Service-administered historic areas in Arkansas.
Key
National Historic LandmarkNational Historic Landmark DistrictNational Historic Site, National Historical Park, National Memorial, or National MonumentDelisted Landmark
National Historic Landmarks This is a complete list of the 17 National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas.
Historic areas administered by the National Park Service National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are four of these in Arkansas. The National Park Service lists these four together with the NHLs in the state,These are listed on p.111 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" The Arkansas Post National Memorial, the Fort Smith National Historic Site (shared with Oklahoma) and the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining one is:
Landmark nameImageDate establishedDate of listing as National Monument or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.Location County Description Pea Ridge National Military Park 20 July 1956 Pea Ridge Benton Site of Battle of Pea Ridge, March 7 and 8, 1862, a Union victory in the American Civil War
Other National Park Service-administered areas in Arkansas are the Buffalo National River and the Hot Springs National Park (not historic per se but which includes Bathhouse Row, an NHL listed above).
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas List of National Historic Landmarks by state List of National Natural Landmarks in Arkansas
References
External links
National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service