American Legion Post No. 121 Building, Paris

Name: American Legion Post No. 121 Building
Address: Paris, United States

#11 among attractions in Paris

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The American Legion Post No. 121 is a historic social hall on Legion Hut Road in southern Paris, Arkansas. It is a single-story L-shaped structure, built out of notched logs on a stone foundation. The logs are painted brown, and are mortared with white cement. It has a gabled roof with exposed rafter ends. A gabled porch shelters the front entrance, supported by square posts set on concrete piers faced in stone. The building was constructed in 1934 with work crews funded by the Works Progress Administration, and is the best local example of WPA Rustic architecture. ()

Built: 1934 (90 years ago)Coordinates: 35°16'33"N, 93°44'3"W

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American Legion Post No. 121 Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paris First, Methodist Episcopal Church, Short Mountain Creek Bridge, Cove Creek Tributary Bridge.

1.1 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Romanesque architecture
Paris First, Paris
29 min walk • The First Christian Church is a historic church at 120 East Walnut Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a T-shaped single-story building, constructed out of stone and concrete between 1930 and 1936 for a congregation of the Disciples of Christ organized about 1890.
1.3 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Methodist Episcopal Church, Paris
33 min walk • The First United Methodist Church, originally the Methodist Episcopal Church, South is a historic church building at 205 North Elm Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building with Late Gothic Revival styling, built between 1917 and 1928 for a congregation founded in the early 1870s.
2.5 miN
Bridge
Short Mountain Creek Bridge, Paris
65 min walk • The Short Mountain Creek Bridge carries Short Mountain Road across Short Mountain Creek, northwest of Paris, Arkansas. It is a single-span Parker pony truss bridge, with a span measuring 92 feet and a total structure length of 93 feet.
5.8 miSE
Bridge
Cove Creek Tributary Bridge, Mount Magazine State Park
149 min walk • The Cove Creek Tributary Bridge is a historic bridge in rural Logan County, Arkansas. It is a two-span closed-spandrel stone arch bridge, carrying Arkansas Highway 309 across a tributary of Cove Creek north of Corley in Ozark-St. Francis National Forest.
1.1 miN
Interesting neighbourhood, Romanesque architecture
Paris Commercial Historic District, Paris
29 min walk • The Paris Commercial Historic District encompasses much of the commercial heart of downtown Paris, Arkansas. Centered on the courthouse square, where the Logan County Courthouse, Eastern District is located, the district contains a well-preserved collection of mainly commercial architecture from the turn of the 20th century.

American Legion Post No. 121 Building, Paris

Facts and practical information

American Legion Post No. 121 Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Paris First, Paris

Methodist Episcopal Church, Paris

Short Mountain Creek Bridge, Paris

Cove Creek Tributary Bridge, Mount Magazine State Park

Paris Commercial Historic District, Paris