Alvah Horace Whitmarsh House

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Alvah Horace Whitmarsh House
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Location in United States
Location711 Pecan St., Texarkana, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°25′57″N94°2′26″W / 33.43250°N 94.04056°W / 33.43250; -94.04056 Coordinates: 33°25′57″N94°2′26″W / 33.43250°N 94.04056°W / 33.43250; -94.04056
AreaLess than one acre
Built1894/2021 (1894/2021)
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 80000778 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1980

The Alvah Horace Whitmarsh House was a historic house at 711 Pecan Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. This 2+12-story wood-frame structure was one of the city's finest Queen Anne Victorians, located in a neighborhood that was fashionable at the turn of the 20th century. The house had an elaborately decorated front porch and a three-story hexagonal tower, capped by a pointed roof, at its northeast corner. The house was built in 1894 for Alvah Whitmarsh, a manager at the local Buchanan Lumber Company and a local leader in civic affairs. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] The house was destroyed by a fire on October 24, 2021.

Alvah Horace Whitmarsh House after fire on October 24, 2021 Alvah Horace Whitmarsh House after Fire on October 24th, 2021.jpg
Alvah Horace Whitmarsh House after fire on October 24, 2021

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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 Alvah Horace Whitmarsh House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-22.