National Guard Armory (Mena, Arkansas)

The National Guard Armory is a history armory building at DeQueen and Maple Streets in Mena, Arkansas. It is a large single-story Art Deco building, fashioned out of fieldstone and concrete in 1931. It is the best example in Mena of a stone building style more typically found in the more mountainous surrounding areas. It was designed by Derwood F. Kyle of Pine Bluff, and was from the start designed to include community meeting spaces, a function the building continues to perform.[2]

National Guard Armory
LocationJct. of DeQueen and Maple Sts., Mena, Arkansas
Coordinates34°35′3″N 94°14′17″W
Built1931
ArchitectKyle, Derwood F.
Architectural styleArt Deco, Rustic fieldstone
NRHP reference No.91000682[1]
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1991

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for National Guard Armory" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-04.


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