Booth-Weir House

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Booth-Weir House
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LocationW. First St., McRae, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°7′11″N91°48′54″W / 35.11972°N 91.81500°W / 35.11972; -91.81500 Coordinates: 35°7′11″N91°48′54″W / 35.11972°N 91.81500°W / 35.11972; -91.81500
Arealess than one acre
Built byForest Blevins
Architectural style Vernacular irregular plan
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001345 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1991

The Booth-Weir House is a historic house on West First Street in McRae, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with an irregular cross-gable configuration and a projecting gable-roof porch. It is finished in composition shingles and rests on brick piers. Built in 1911 for a railroad fireman, it is one of a few houses in McRae to survive the pre-World War I period, and is typical of vernacular construction of that period. [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 Booth-Weir House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-08.