David L. King House

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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 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 # 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]

Hardy, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Hardy is a city in Sharp and Fulton counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The population was 772 at the 2010 census.

Sharp County, Arkansas U.S. county in Arkansas

Sharp County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,264. The county seat is Ash Flat. The county was formed on July 18, 1868, and named for Ephraim Sharp, a state legislator from the area.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Sharp County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sharp County, Arkansas.

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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" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-03.