Blytheville Air Force Base Capehart Housing (Blytheville, Arkansas)

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Historic former military housing complex listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Built: 1957-1962
Architect: Swaim & Allen (Little Rock, AR)
Architectural style: Ranch
Areas of significance: Architecture; Community Planning and Development
Area: 277 acres
Date added to NRHP: 9/28/2015
Other designations: U.S. Historic District
Notes: This sprawling complex of single-story housing units and civic buildings was constructed with assistance from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). It originally provided housing, school and community resources to the families of military personnel who were stationed at the adjacent Blytheville Air Force Base (which is now operated as Arkansas International Airport). The base closed in 1992, and unfortunately most of the residential units north of Daisy Drive are vacant and have since fallen into various states of disrepair and neglect. Most housing units in the development are 3- and 4-bedroom duplexes, but there are also eight fully detached units as well; these were typically occupied by higher-rank officers and their families. Today, this historic district represents a good example of the kind of regionally-specialized housing subdivisions that were being constructed in various parts of the country by the military in the decades immediately following World War II.