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The ”’Rucker House”’, also known as the ”’Caretaker’s House”’ is a historic house at Benton and School Streets in [[Bauxite, Arkansas]]. It is a vernacular two-story wood-frame structure, with a side gable central section that has a cross-gable section at the western end, and a second wing extending northward from the eastern end. A porch extends across the front as far as the cross-gable section, with a shed roof supported by simple posts. The house was built in 1905 by the [[Pittsburgh Reduction Company]], a predecessor of [[Alcoa]], whose [[bauxite]] mining business dominated the local economy.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/SA0055-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Rucker House|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2015-07-13}}</ref>
The ”’Rucker House”’, also known as the ”’Caretaker’s House”’ is a historic house at Benton and School Streets in [[Bauxite, Arkansas]]. It is a vernacular two-story wood-frame structure, with a side gable central section that has a cross-gable section at the western end, and a second wing extending northward from the eastern end. A porch extends across the front as far as the cross-gable section, with a shed roof supported by simple posts.
The house was built in 1905 by the [[Pittsburgh Reduction Company]], a predecessor of [[Alcoa]], whose [[bauxite]] mining business dominated the local economy.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/SA0055-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Rucker House|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2015-07-13}}</ref>
Arkansas”, Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Arkansas Historical Association,
Winter, 1968, Vol XXVII, No. 4, pp. 330-357 </ref>
The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name=nris/> It was deemed important as the only surviving, intact house of the original Bauxite, a company town that was established in 1903. It was home of the company’s plant supervisor, W. A. Rucker.<ref name=NRHP/>
The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name=nris/> It was deemed important as the only surviving, intact house of the original Bauxite, a company town that was established in 1903. It was home of the company’s plant supervisor, W. A. Rucker.<ref name=NRHP/>
Historic house in Arkansas, United States
United States historic place
The Rucker House, also known as the Caretaker’s House is a historic house at Benton and School Streets in Bauxite, Arkansas. It is a vernacular two-story wood-frame structure, with a side gable central section that has a cross-gable section at the western end, and a second wing extending northward from the eastern end. A porch extends across the front as far as the cross-gable section, with a shed roof supported by simple posts.
The house was built in 1905 by the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, a predecessor of Alcoa, whose bauxite mining business dominated the local economy.[2] The home was built for plant superintendent, W. A. Rucker, who lived in the home until 1938. His son, C. L. Rucker, would become a school board member and secure funding for the construction of a school for the community. [3]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] It was deemed important as the only surviving, intact house of the original Bauxite, a company town that was established in 1903. It was home of the company’s plant supervisor, W. A. Rucker.[2]
- ^ a b “National Register Information System”. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b “NRHP nomination for Rucker House”. Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ Bachus, Gordon, “‘Background and Early History of a Company Town: Bauxite,
Arkansas”, Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Arkansas Historical Association,
Winter, 1968, Vol XXVII, No. 4, pp. 330-357
