Craig-Bryan House

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Craig-Bryan House
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Location307 W. Central, Bentonville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°22′19″N94°12′44″W / 36.37194°N 94.21222°W / 36.37194; -94.21222 Coordinates: 36°22′19″N94°12′44″W / 36.37194°N 94.21222°W / 36.37194; -94.21222
Arealess than one acre
Built1875 (1875)
Architectural styleItalianate
Part of Bentonville West Central Avenue Historic District (ID92001349)
MPS Benton County MRA
NRHP reference No. 87002320 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988
Designated CPOctober 22, 1992

The Craig-Bryan House is a historic house at 307 West Central Avenue in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is an eclectic two-story brick house, with several gabled wings, and projecting bay window sections. Its front-facing gable ends are decorated with bargeboard, and there is a prominent three-story tower at the center with a shallow-pitch hip roof. Its iron balconies were salvaged from the old Benton County Courthouse when it was demolished. The house was built in 1875 by James Terrill Craig, and owned by members of the Bryan family for seven decades. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 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 Craig-Bryan House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-02.