Bear Creek Motel

Bear Creek Motel
Location US 65, Bear Creek Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°17′30″N 93°10′55″W / 36.29167°N 93.18194°WCoordinates: 36°17′30″N 93°10′55″W / 36.29167°N 93.18194°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1936
Architectural style Ozark Fieldstone
Governing body Private
MPS Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
NRHP Reference # 01000175[1]
Added to NRHP March 13, 2001

The Bear Creek Motel is a historic motel on United States Route 65 in Bear Creek Springs, Arkansas. It is a single T-shaped stone and concrete building, built in 1936 to replace a wood-framed tourist accommodation that had burned down. The building has a distinctive wave-shaped concrete roof, intended to lure travelers off the road, and houses five guest rooms and an office. The wave shape is continued in the guest rooms, which have barrel-vaulted ceilings, and are also finished in concrete and stone veneer.[2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Bear Creek Motel". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-22.