D.N. Edmiston House

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LocationMain St., Canehill, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°54′39″N94°23′45″W / 35.91083°N 94.39583°W / 35.91083; -94.39583 Coordinates: 35°54′39″N94°23′45″W / 35.91083°N 94.39583°W / 35.91083; -94.39583
Arealess than one acre
Built1886 (1886)
MPS Canehill MRA
NRHP reference No. 82000946 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

The D.N. Edmiston House is a historic house on Main Street in Canehill, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with an L-shaped plan, cross gable roof, weatherboard siding, and a stone foundation. Its gable ends have decorative brackets, as do the cornice hoods above the windows. The porch also has decorative bracketed columns. The house was built in 1886, and is a distinctive local example of vernacular Victorian styling. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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 D.N. Edmiston House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-29.