Denison House (Helena-West Helena, Arkansas)

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Location427 Garland Ave., West Helena, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°32′44″N90°38′25″W / 34.54556°N 90.64028°W / 34.54556; -90.64028
Built1910
ArchitectJ.W. Denison
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS West Helena MPS
NRHP reference No. 96001132 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 1996

The Denison House is a historic house at 427 Garland Avenue in West Helena, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure with a broad and shallow hip roof with wide hip-roof dormers, built in 1910 by J. W. Denison, West Helena's first mayor. It has a wraparound porch supported by Tuscan columns. It is one of West Helena's finest Colonial Revival houses. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Denison House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-24.