The John Tushek Building is a historic commercial building at 108 Main Street in

Lake Village, Arkansas Lake Village is a city in and the county seat of Chicot County, Arkansas, Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,575 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is located in the Arkansas Delta. Lake Village is name ...

. The two story brick building was built in 1906 by John Tushek, an

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immigrant who ran a mercantile store on the premises. The building has vernacular Beaux Arts styling popular at the time, presenting facades to both Main and Court Streets. The ground floors of these facades are divided into storefronts with large glass windows, with access to the upper floor offices via an entrance on the corner. The second floor windows are capped with decorative metal crowns, and topped by small oculus windows. The facade is topped by a corbelled brick cornice and parapet. The building was listed on the

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in 1993, and included in the

Lake Village Commercial Historic District The Lake Village Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of Lake Village, Arkansas, the county seat of Chicot County in the Mississippi River delta region of southeastern Arkansas. The district covers about six ...

in 2011.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Beaux-Arts architecture in Arkansas Commercial buildings completed in 1906 Buildings and structures in Chicot County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Chicot County, Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas Lake Village, Arkansas 1906 establishments in Arkansas {{ChicotCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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