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Hanger Cotton Gin

Coordinates: 34°41′11″N 92°14′12″W / 34.68639°N 92.23667°W / 34.68639; -92.23667
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Hanger Cotton Gin
Hanger Cotton Gin is located in Arkansas
Hanger Cotton Gin
Location in Arkansas
Hanger Cotton Gin is located in the United States
Hanger Cotton Gin
Location in United States
LocationHarper Rd. and Gates Lane, Sweet Home, Arkansas
Coordinates34°41′11″N 92°14′12″W / 34.68639°N 92.23667°W / 34.68639; -92.23667
Arealess than one acre
Built1876 (1876)
Built byPeter Hanger
NRHP reference No.76000463[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1976

The Hanger Cotton Gin is a historic cotton gin in Sweet Home, Arkansas. Built about 1876, it is a rare surviving example of a steam-powered gin. The main building is a three-story frame structure covered in board-and-batten siding. The gin was only operated commercially for a brief period, and was out of service by 1892. Since then, the building has been used as a barn and grain storage facility. It was probably built by Peter Hanger, whose family has been prominent in the Little Rock business community since that time.[2]

The gin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Hanger Cotton Gin". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-29.