Ritchie Grocery Building, Texarkana

Name: Ritchie Grocery Building
Address: Texarkana, United States

#12 among attractions in Texarkana

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The Ritchie Grocery Building is a historic commercial building at Front and Olive Streets in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick and masonry building with a flat roof and a parapet along the main facade. It was built in 1894 by Francis Mullins, owner of the Texas Produce Company, the first major grocery wholesaler in the city, founded in 1884. It is the only surviving Romanesque Revival building in downtown Texarkana, and the building was purchased by the Ritchie Grocery Company in 1926. The building was purchased in 2017 by 1894 LLC and is being renovated to its original glory. The name of the building was changed to 1894 City Market, 1894CityMarket. An art gallery is housed on the first floor, an event room on the second floor, and loft apartments on the third. ()

Coordinates: 33°25'15"N, 94°2'29"W

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Downtown TexarkanaTexarkana United States

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Ritchie Grocery Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ace of Clubs House, Museum of Regional History, Four States Auto Museum, Canaan Baptist Church.

~1430 ftNW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana
7 min walk • The Ace of Clubs House is a historic house museum in Texarkana, Texas. The house is distinctively shaped like a club, from a deck of playing cards, with three octagon-shaped wings and a fourth rectangular wing adjoining at a central octagon-shaped stair hall.
~770 ftNW
Museum, History museum
Museum of Regional History, Texarkana
4 min walk • The Museum of Regional History is a local history museum in Texarkana, Texas. It is the first and oldest museum in the Texarkana metropolitan area; it was established in 1971. It is located in the Offenhauser Insurance Building, which was built in 1879, making it the oldest brick building in the city.
~1600 ftNE
Museum
Four States Auto Museum, Texarkana
8 min walk • The Four States Auto Museum is an automobile museum in Texarkana, Arkansas. It was established in 2004 and chartered as a 501 organization in the State of Arkansas. The museum is located on a site formerly used for wagon and automobile body construction.
0.8 miN
Church
Canaan Baptist Church, Texarkana
21 min walk • The Canaan Baptist Church is a historic church at the junction of Laurel and 10th Streets in Texarkana, Arkansas. The single-story brick church was built in 1929 for an African-American congregation established in 1883. The building was designed by S. C.
0.4 miN
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana
11 min walk • The Patrick J. Ahern House is a historic house located at 403 Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas.
1.2 miN
Interesting neighbourhood
Dean House, Texarkana
32 min walk • The Dean House is a historic house at 1520 Beech Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame house, built in 1911 for Thomas Mercer Dean, a local farmer and lumberman. Its principal distinguishing feature is its large Colonial Revival portico, with paired two-story Tuscan columns supporting an elaborate entablature.

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Which popular attractions are close to Ritchie Grocery Building?

Nearby attractions include Museum of Regional History, Texarkana (4 min walk), Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana (7 min walk), Four States Auto Museum, Texarkana (8 min walk), P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana (11 min walk).

How to get to Ritchie Grocery Building by public transport?

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Texarkana (3 min walk)

Ritchie Grocery Building, Texarkana

Facts and practical information

Texarkana plan & book

Ritchie Grocery Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana

Museum of Regional History, Texarkana

Four States Auto Museum, Texarkana

Canaan Baptist Church, Texarkana

P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana

Dean House, Texarkana

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Ritchie Grocery Building?

How to get to Ritchie Grocery Building by public transport?