1915 – Flood on Hazel Street

1915 – Flood on Hazel Street

1910's, Photo Search

Here is a rare photograph of the man behind the camera, Parker the photographer, standing at the confluence of Hazel and Second Streets.  Parker captured many images of his townfolk frolicking in the unaccustomed circumstances.  The caption reads, “On Hazel,...
1909 – Wolff Goldman Department Store

1909 – Wolff Goldman Department Store

1900s, Photo Search

The employees of the Wolff Goldman department store pose outside their newly renovated and expanded operation in 1909.  Arkansas’s leading architect, Charles L. Thompson, designed the new building at the corner of Hazel and Front Streets.  Sigmund Wolff and...
1904 – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

1904 – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

1900s, Photo Search

Jackson County’s Episcopal congregation moved into Newport in 1879, changing its name from Grace Church to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and building a small wooden structure at the corner of Third and Hazel Streets.  In 1904, St. Paul’s built a fine...
1890’s – First National Bank

1890’s – First National Bank

1890s, Photo Search

This building originated in 1896 as the Jackson County Savings Bank and later became the First National Bank.  The Newport Club occupied the second floor, and an N is discernable in this photograph on the entrance to the left of the bank window.  The bank stood at...