Anderson Boarding House

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Anderson Boarding House
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Location201 North Main Street,
Clarendon, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°41′44″N91°19′0″W / 34.69556°N 91.31667°W / 34.69556; -91.31667 Coordinates: 34°41′44″N91°19′0″W / 34.69556°N 91.31667°W / 34.69556; -91.31667
Arealess than one acre
Built1921 (1921)
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
MPS Clarendon MRA
NRHP reference No. 84000180 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1984

The Anderson Boarding House is a historic boarding house at 201 North Main Street in Clarendon, Arkansas.

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Description and history

Built in 1921, it is one of the city's finest examples of Craftsman architecture, with a projecting front porch, and exposed rafter ends. It is the only known building in the city that was purpose-built as a boarding house, with a first floor layout that has three rooms on each side of a narrow hall, and a dining hall at the rear. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1984. [1] It may have been demolished.

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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 Anderson Boarding House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-05.