Pleasant Street Historic District (Hot Springs, Arkansas)

{{short description|Historic district in Arkansas, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Pleasant Street Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes

| image = Pleasant Street Historic District, 2 of 3.JPG

| caption =

| location = Roughly bounded by Malvern Av., Pleasant, Church, Gulpha, Garden, Grove and Kirk Sts., Hot Springs, Arkansas

| coordinates = {{coord|34|30|26|N|93|2|52|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Arkansas#USA

| built = {{Start date|1913}}

| architect = Webb, John L.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Bungalow/American craftsman

| added = June 20, 2003

| area = {{convert|30|acre}}

| refnum = 03000532{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Pleasant Street Historic Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic African-American community area of Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is located just southeast of the city's famous Bathhouse Row area, centered on a four-block stretch of Pleasant Street between Jefferson and Church Streets. The {{convert|30|acre|ha|adj=on}} district includes 93 buildings, most of them residential. The area was developed between about 1900 and 1950, with most of the development taking place after 1920. Prominent non-residential buildings include the Visitor's Chapel A.M.E. Church at 317 Church Street, and the Woodmen of Union Building, a four-story brick building on the 500 block of Malvern Avenue.{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/GA0712-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Pleasant Street Historic District|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2015-10-24}}

Contractor and philanthropist John Lee Webb (1877–1946) lived in the area.{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john-lee-webb-9199/|title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}} His prominent brick home at 403 Pleasant Street remains in the district.{{Cite web|url=https://preservearkansas.org/john-lee-webb-house/|title=John Lee Webb House | Preserve Arkansas|website=preservearkansas.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/jul/17/cdbg-aids-webb-house-preservation/|title=CDBG aids Webb House preservation | Hot Springs Sentinel Record|date=July 17, 2023|website=www.hotsr.com}} A community center was named for his daughter.{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/finding-aids/261|title="John L. Webb: The Man and the Legacy" project report, 1877-1979|date=December 31, 1979|journal=Finding aids}} The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.