Arkansas Ties ... A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That, and a Whole Lot of Arkansas

Gann Building Museum 218 S. Market St. Benton, Saline County, Arkansas 1893 doctor's office built of bauxite Listed in National Register of Historic Places on October 21, 1975         The Gann Building Built in 1893, the office of Dr. Dewell Gann Sr. is the only known bauxite building in existence. The building was constructed by patients who could not afford to pay for services he had rendered them. The soft stone was dug from a farm nearby, sawn into blocks with a handsaw and allowed to harden for six weeks. The building served as the Gann Medical Office until 1946 when it was given by Dr. Dewell Gann, Jr. to the City of Benton to be used as a library and later a museum.