Doe Branch Post Office

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Doe Branch Post Office
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Location32100 Kanis Rd., Ferndale, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°47′16″N92°35′38″W / 34.78778°N 92.59389°W / 34.78778; -92.59389 Coordinates: 34°47′16″N92°35′38″W / 34.78778°N 92.59389°W / 34.78778; -92.59389
Arealess than one acre
Built1890 (1890)
Built byNoah Richards
Architectural stylePlain-Traditional
NRHP reference No. 01000003 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 2001

The Doe Branch Post Office is a historic house and post office in rural western Pulaski County, Arkansas. Located on the north side of Kanis Road (County Road 38), just west of its junction with Golden Eagle Drive, it is an L-shaped single-story structure built in a sequence of steps. The oldest portion is a single-pen board-and-batten structure, built in 1890 by Noah Richards. To this were added a clapboard addition to the side, a porch to the rear, and a kitchen, also to the rear, giving the building its present L shape. The building is one of the oldest in the Ferndale area, which was originally known as Doe Run, and was occupied by two generations of the Richards family. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [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 Doe Branch Post Office". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-13.