National Historic Landmark · Arkansas state park · Blackton, Arkansas

Louisiana Purchase Survey Marker

Historic site in Arkansas, United States in Blackton, Arkansas. Built 1961. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1961Listed 1972
Highway 362 in Louisiana Purchase State ParkHighway 362 western terminus, Louisiana Purchase State ParkLouisiana Purchase State Park 001Louisiana Purchase State Park 002
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Louisiana Purchase State Park

The Louisiana Purchase State Park, located in eastern Arkansas, commemorates the initial point from which public lands acquired through the 1803 Louisiana Purchase were subsequently surveyed.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeSite
AddressSE of Blackton at corner of Monroe and Phillips counties, Blackton vicinity, AR
CountyLee County
ListedFeb 23, 1972
Reference number72000206
Built1961
Type of placeArkansas state park, historic site, protected area
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 sites, 1 objects

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressSE of Blackton at corner of Monroe and Phillips counties, Blackton, AR
Websitearkansasstateparks.com/louisianapurchase ↗
Coordinates34.64676, -91.05151 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitArkansas Post National Memorial · 47 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Why you would stay

Map

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 72000206. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.