Bald Knob Downtown (Bald Knob, AR)
By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
This old post card found on ebay shows the Fox Motel in Bald Knob Arkansas and you can guess its age from the vehicles in the picture.  I'm guessing that the fox lit up and ran!  Some Sleuth will have to tell me it that was the way it worked.  I do like the way they pushed phones and TV and electric heat and the arrow definitely urges you to come stay at the FOX.  Notice Kelley's Grill way back in the background. We've come a long way, Baby!
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
I wrote a blog last week about the pleasure I receive when passing by the little old English Tudor filling station in Bald Knob.  Lots of Sleuths have responded and I now have more pictures, more knowledge, and new friends.  It is on the Historic Register, was built around 1930 and was operated by the man shown in the picture below and all comments stated how nice he was.Here's my picture with first blog.Look at this next picture that was provided by a Sleuth who got it from an old high school yearbook.I understand!  It does not show much of the filling station BUT look in the background.  There it shows a matching building with the same brick and the same Tudor trim.  Here's another one that was sent to me.What a cute house on the other side, right?  And check out that souped up Volksw...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Each time I drive through Bald Knob Arkansas I admire this property.  It must have once been a filling station but who ever heard of an English Tudor filling station?The building is brick with Tudor trim.  It even has a curved outside doorway that probably led to the outdoor bathrooms.  Doors probably rolled up to let mechanics work on vehicles.  Today I stopped long enough to snap a picture from across the street.  If anyone sees this blog and can give us history regarding this building that would be great.  Truth to tell, I could not even find the proper address for this property on our court house search site.  Sure wish we could see how it looked back in its day. 
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Bald Knob, Arkansas, located about 12 miles from Searcy Arkansas, used to be the strawberry capital of the world!  Now it is still a pretty busy little town but the strawberries are mostly pick-your-own.    I bought this card showing the Americana Motel located at Highways 64- 167 & 67 in Bald Knob.  Phone number was Parkview 4-3204.  It boasted electric year around air-conditioning, wall-to-wall carpets, tile baths and showers, TV, phones, and swimming pool.   I took a close look and felt as if I knew those people beside the swimming pool.  That woman in white looks just like my mother used to look when she was younger and alive.  She is sitting like my mother did with her purse at her feet.  AND, that girl in the yellow dress looks just like my sister who was tall and sat just like my...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
I have a tendency to collect old post cards and this is one that I have found pleasing. It's a motel in Bald Knob AR, a town with about 2800 population about 12 miles from Searcy.  The other day there was a Bald Knob person in my office and they asked where this place was. My reply was that it is in your home town, Bald Knob, you unobservant ninny. Now I understand why they didn't recognize it.  Here is today's version of it. I'm sure that the original office was hot in the summer and cold in the winter with all that glass and the Bald Knobber said that the extended wings were damaged by wind and had to be taken down and the new office is probably much more comfortable but I sure liked the old version better. So things do change and not always for the better. And while we are studying B...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
  We have made a great new friend in James Whitlow, who does not even live in our area but collects cards from lots of areas and shares with us! Here's the latest.  He sent me this one from Bald Knob AR.  Probably Bald Knob had not named streets then but I recognized the tall two story house as one that has just sold and is now up for resale. It's number is 301 Center Street and the court house says it was built in 1917. I love the picket fences and the wood sidewalks.  At first I thought I'd have to drive to Bald Knob to positively identify the houses but the Google man cooperated this time!  Here's the card...... And here we need the drum roll!!!  We move forward approximately 95 years and this is the same street with three of the same houses!! (95 years is a guess because the card is...
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