Deaton Cabin

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Deaton Cabin
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Location in United States
LocationSuits Us Rd., Bella Vista, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°25′49″N94°13′59″W / 36.43028°N 94.23306°W / 36.43028; -94.23306 Coordinates: 36°25′49″N94°13′59″W / 36.43028°N 94.23306°W / 36.43028; -94.23306
Arealess than one acre
Built1924 (1924)
MPS Benton County MRA
NRHP reference No. 87002348 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988

The Deaton Cabin is a historic summer cabin on Suits Us Road in Bella Vista, Arkansas.

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It is a single-story structure, fashioned out of rustically cut wood framing. It is a long rectangle in shape, oriented north–south and parallel to Suits Us Road. Its gable roof extends over a former carport that has been screened and converted into a porch area. Its entrance is sheltered by a gabled portico, and there is a rough fieldstone chimney just to its left. It is little-altered since its c. 1924 construction, and is one of a handful of surviving summer cabins from that period in Bella Vista. [2]

The cabin 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 Deaton Cabin". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-03.