L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office

L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Arkansas Show map of Arkansas Location in United States Show map of the United States
Location	508 S. Monroe St., DeWitt, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°17′26″N 91°20′27″W / 34.29056°N 91.34083°W / 34.29056; -91.34083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1942 (1942)
NRHP reference No.	12001229[1]
Added to NRHP	January 29, 2013

The L.A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office is a historic office building at 508 South Monroe Street in DeWitt, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure with a low-pitch shed roof. Built in 1942, the building has minimal styling, with a recessed porch on its eastern facade sheltering the entries to two storefronts. It is notable as the only surviving element associated with the business activities of Lester Asher Black (1880-1945), a leading businessman in DeWitt. Black was the president of the First National Bank of DeWitt from its founding in 1912 until his death, and operated a rice mill (no longer standing) as well as a hardware and agricultural supply store catering to rice farmers. He also owned thousands of acres of land planted in rice, at a time when Arkansas was the largest national supplier of the crop.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.^[1]

• A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump also in Arkansas County, Arkansas
• Tichnor Rice Dryer and Storage Building, also in Arkansas County, Arkansas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Arkansas County, Arkansas

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