Helena Library & Museum
623 Pecan Street
Helena-West Helena, Phillips County

Built in 1891, the Helena Library and Museum, also known as the Phillips County Library and Museum, is the oldest public building in Helena. As Helena’s civic center at the turn of the century, the library was used for dances, receptions, and women’s meetings. Religious services and school classes also were held there occasionally. It was not until 1914 that the main room of the building was used exclusively for library purposes. The museum wing was added in 1929 and displays Indian artifacts, personal effects of several individuals prominent in Helena’s history, Civil War relics, and early documents related to Phillips County’s history. The Helena Library and Museum is unusual in Eastern Arkansas because of its French mansard roof. Listed on the National Historic Register Dec. 6, 1975.