Hale Avenue Historic District

The Hale Avenue Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the central business district of Osceola, Arkansas. It extends for five blocks along Hale Avenue, between Ash and Maple Streets, and includes a few buildings on adjacent streets. The focal point of the district is the Mississippi County Courthouse, and the block of buildings opposite it on Hale Avenue. Although Osceola was founded in 1875, it was relocated beginning in 1900 to be closer to the railroad, with Hale Avenue as the major east–west route. This began a period of growth in the city which continued through much of the 1920s. Most of buildings on these blocks of Hale Avenue result from this time, and a number of those built later were built in an architecturally sympathetic manner.[2]

Hale Avenue Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The original Hale Avenue Historic District as viewed from the Mississippi County Courthouse grounds
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Location	Hale Ave between Maple St and Ash St; Pecan St between Johnson Ave and Ford Ave; Poplar St between Johnson Ave and Hale St, Osceola, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°42′9″N 89°58′10″W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1900-1920s
Architectural style	Early Commercial, Art Deco
MPS	Osceola MRA
NRHP reference No.	87001349 (original) 03000863 (increase 1) 08000722[1] (increase 2)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 14, 1987
Boundary increases	September 2, 2003 August 1, 2008

When first listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the district included just six buildings on the 200 block of West Hale Avenue.[3] This was expanded to include three buildings on the 100 block of West Hale, and then enlarged to its present size in 2008. This expanded district includes six properties that were individually listed.[2]