L. A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office
The L. A. Black Rice Milling Association Inc. Office in DeWitt (Arkansas County) has served the Black Rice Company since its construction in 1942. The single-story building is located near multiple operating rice facilities. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 2013. Born in Arkansas County near DeWitt in 1879, Lester Asher (L. A.) Black operated numerous businesses during his lifetime. Upon his father’s death around 1908, Black obtained the family mercantile business and grew it into an empire. He is best known for his rice growing business and, at one point, had more than 6,000 acres under cultivation. This likely made him the largest rice grower in the United States. Black also operated …
