Coward House

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Coward House
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Location1105 N. Maple St., Searcy, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°15′34″N91°44′42″W / 35.25944°N 91.74500°W / 35.25944; -91.74500 Coordinates: 35°15′34″N91°44′42″W / 35.25944°N 91.74500°W / 35.25944; -91.74500
Arealess than one acre
Built1915 (1915)
Architectural styleVernacular irregular plan
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001229 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 10, 1992
Removed from NRHPJanuary 26, 2018

The Coward House was a historic house at 1105 North Maple Street in Searcy, Arkansas. It was a single-story brick structure, with an irregular cross-gable roof configuration that was hipped at its center. Its east-facing front facade had a shed-roof porch that wrapped around to the south, supported by box columns mounted on brick piers. Built c. 1915, this vernacular house was one of a modest number from that period to survive in the city. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database, [3] and was delisted in 2018.

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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 Coward House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  3. "Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-26.