George Klein Tourist Court Historic District

Historic district in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


George Klein Tourist Court Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


34°29′42″N 93°3′24″W / 34.49500°N 93.05667°W / 34.49500; -93.05667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1940 (1940)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	93000480^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 8, 1993

The George Klein Tourist Court Historic District, also known as Green Elf Court, is a historic tourist accommodation at 501 Morrison Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Now an apartment complex, it consists of seven single-story cabins, an elaborate American Craftsman style manager's house, and an octagonal central residence unit with a cantilevered second floor and a bellcast roof. The complex was built about 1940, is one of the city's finest example of a Craftsman style tourist court, a popular form of traveler accommodation prior to World War II.^[2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for George Klein Tourist Court Historic District". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved October 14, 2015.