Dr. Charles Fox Brown House

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Dr. Charles Fox Brown House
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Location420 Drennan St., Van Buren, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°25′58″N94°21′0″W / 35.43278°N 94.35000°W / 35.43278; -94.35000
Arealess than one acre
Built1867 (1867)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No. 78000583 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1978

The Dr. Charles Fox Brown House is a historic house at 420 Drennan Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure, whose main block is five bays wide, with a small secondary block set back from the front at the left, and an ell extending to the rear. It has a side-gable roof, with a front-facing gable above the centered entrance, which is further sheltered by a flat-roof portico supported by four columns. The eaves are studded with brackets, and there are a pair of round-arch windows in the front-facing gable. The house was built in 1867 for Dr. Charles Fox Brown, and is unusual for the original 19th-century surgery, located in the secondary block. The house is stylistically a distinctive blend of Greek Revival and Italianate styles. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [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 Dr. Charles Fox Brown House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-20.