Bush-Dubisson House

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Location1500 S. Ringo St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′8″N92°17′1″W / 34.73556°N 92.28361°W / 34.73556; -92.28361 Coordinates: 34°44′8″N92°17′1″W / 34.73556°N 92.28361°W / 34.73556; -92.28361
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Built byS.E. Wiggins
Architectural style Prairie School
MPS Historically Black Properties in Little Rock's Dunbar School Neighborhood MPS
NRHP reference No. 99000549 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1999

The Bush-Dubisson House is a historic house at 1500 South Ringo Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with a tile roof. It has classical Prairie School features, including a broad hip roof with extended eaves, a single-story porch, part of which is open and part is topped by a balcony supported by large brick piers. It was built in 1925 for Aldridge Bush, a prominent local African-American businessman, and was owned for many years by another, Daniel J. Dubisson. It was constructed by S.E. Wiggin, a local African-American contractor. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1] A previous house built for Bush to a design by Charles L. Thompson, is also listed on the National Register as the Bush House; it stands at 1516 South Ringo. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Bush-Dubisson House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-04.