Craig-Bryan House | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | 307 W. Central, Bentonville, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 36°22′19″N94°12′44″W / 36.37194°N 94.21222°W Coordinates: 36°22′19″N94°12′44″W / 36.37194°N 94.21222°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1875 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
Part of | Bentonville West Central Avenue Historic District (ID92001349) |
MPS | Benton County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87002320 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 28, 1988 |
Designated CP | October 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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The Bentonville West Central Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district west of the center of Bentonville, Arkansas. Located along West Central Avenue between A and G Streets stand forty houses, most of which were built between 1885 and 1935. They represent a concentration of the finest residential architecture of the period in the city. The houses are stylistically diverse, including two Italianate houses and six Craftsman houses. Notable among the former is the Craig-Bryan House, a brick structure that also has Gothic vergeboard decoration.
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