The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) has announced Wednesday morning the Old Galatica Church, near Norfork, has been officially added to the Arkansas Register of Historic Places.
A local volunteer Linda Bradbury was the one to first submit the application for the church to be considered.
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Bradbury says the hope, now the church is on the register, is for the church to qualify for federal funding for renovations and maintenance.
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Bradbury says she is excited for the future of the church.
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In addition to looking to a grant for funding, Bradbury and three other volunteers, Mary Lee Lackey Nelson, Max Parnell and Wanda Havner, have put together an informational book titled “Old Galatia Church Preserving Our Past.”
The book tells the story of the church and cemetery through recorded histories, newspaper stories, tombstones and research. Copies of the book are available for purchase for $30, with funds benefiting the Norfork church’s preservation fund.
For more information or to obtain a copy, contact Linda Bradbury at 870-499-7148 or email her at lindalb@centurytel.net <mailto:lindalb@centurytel.net>.
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