Benjamin T. Powell House

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Benjamin T. Powell House
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Location305 California Ave., Camden, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°34′52″N92°49′59″W / 33.58111°N 92.83306°W / 33.58111; -92.83306 Coordinates: 33°34′52″N92°49′59″W / 33.58111°N 92.83306°W / 33.58111; -92.83306
Arealess than one acre
Built1859 (1859)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 74000485 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1974

The Benjamin T. Powell House is a historic house at 305 California Avenue in Camden, Arkansas. The two story wood-frame house was built in 1859, and is one a few pre-Civil War cotton-magnate houses to survive in the city. The house has a cypress frame, and features a Classical Revival facade with a front gable supported by four round columns sheltering porches with ornamental iron railings. The house was used as a military headquarters by Union Army forces during the Civil War. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [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 Benjamin T. Powell House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-23.