Ben Lightle House

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Ben Lightle House
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Location301 E. Market Ave., Searcy, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°14′58″N91°44′6″W / 35.24944°N 91.73500°W / 35.24944; -91.73500 Coordinates: 35°14′58″N91°44′6″W / 35.24944°N 91.73500°W / 35.24944; -91.73500
Arealess than one acre
Built1898 (1898)
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Vernacular Folk Victorian
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001216 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1991

The Ben Lightle House is a historic house at North Locust and East Market streets in Searcy, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a variety of porches and projecting sections typical of the Queen Anne period. One of its porches has decorative turned posts and spindled balustrades. Built in 1898, it is one of the best-preserved surviving vernacular Queen Anne Victorians in White County. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

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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 Ben Lightle House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-02.