David L. King House

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Location2nd and Kelly St., Hardy, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°18′58″N91°28′46″W / 36.31611°N 91.47944°W / 36.31611; -91.47944
Arealess than one acre
Built1919 (1919)
Architectural styleAmerican Foursquare
MPS Hardy, Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 02001076 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 4, 2002

The David L. King is a historic house at 2nd and Kelly Street in Hardy, Arkansas. It is a two-story American Foursquare structure with a hip roof, and is fashioned from locally manufactured concrete blocks. It has a hip-roofed porch extending across its front. The house was built in 1919 for David L. King, a prominent lawyer in Sharp County, and is distinctive as a rare example of residential concrete block construction in the community. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [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 David L. King House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-03.