Ackins House

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Ackins House
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Location in United States
Nearest city Floyd, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°11′31″N91°58′1″W / 35.19194°N 91.96694°W / 35.19194; -91.96694 Coordinates: 35°11′31″N91°58′1″W / 35.19194°N 91.96694°W / 35.19194; -91.96694
Arealess than one acre
Built1880 (1880)
Architectural styleVernacular, Single Pile, Central Hall Plan
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001322 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 11, 1992

The Ackins House was a historic house in Floyd, Arkansas. Located on the east side of Arkansas Highway 31 just north of its intersection with Arkansas Highway 305, it was one of the small number of early houses to survive in White County at the time it was listed as a historic site.

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Description and history

Built around 1880, it was a 1+12-story timber-framed single pile structure with a central hall plan. A hip-roofed porch extends across much of the main facade, supported by turned posts. Despite later alterations, it was one of the best-preserved houses of this type in the county. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1992. [1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Ackins House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  3. "Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-26.