Bertschy House

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Bertschy House
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Location507 NW. Fifth Street,
Bentonville, Arkansas, US
Coordinates 36°22′39″N94°12′56″W / 36.37750°N 94.21556°W / 36.37750; -94.21556 Coordinates: 36°22′39″N94°12′56″W / 36.37750°N 94.21556°W / 36.37750; -94.21556
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
MPS Benton County MRA
NRHP reference No. 87002336 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988

The Bertschy House is a historic house located at 507 NW Fifth Street in Bentonville, Arkansas, US.

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Description and history

It was a 1+12-story, stone and masonry house notable for its wide overhanging roof with exposed rafter tails, and a gabled portico supported by tapered square columns mounted on stone piers. Built in about 1925, it is significant as a well-preserved local example of the bungalow style, executed in local fieldstone. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1988. [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 Bertschy House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-26.