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711 South Caraway Road
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Old Fire Station #3
Property located at the intersection of Caraway Road and East Matthews Avenue.
Part of the NE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 20, Township 14 North, Range 4 East.
Parcel number: 01-144201-01000
City of Jonesboro was donated the property from Arkansas State College Foundation. Quitclaim deed dated June 26, 1958. The deed contained a reversionary right in that if the property ceased to be used as a fire station, then the title was to be given back to the grantor.
The City then received a Quitclaim Deed from Herbert & Marie Parker for the reversionary right to the fire station. Quitclaim Deed dated December 8, 1989.
Does the city still own the property? Yes
Arkansas State College Foundation deed filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office on July 10, 1958, in Book 139 Page 619.
Parker deed filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office on December 18, 1989, in Book 385 Pages 579-580.
Attachments included are:
Parker quitclaim deed
Letter from Herbert Parker dated December 12, 1989
Warranty deed from Arkansas State University to Arkansas State College Foundation dated December 8, 1989
Quitclaim deed and release from Arkansas State College Foundation dated June 26, 1958
Resolution from Arkansas State College Foundation authorizing donation of property to the City dated March 11, 1958
Appraisal dated November 8, 2001
License agreement with St. Louis Southwestern Railway for right-of-way along the railroad dated June 22, 1959
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