Dr. Eugene Towbin House | |
Location | 16 Broadview Dr., Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°45′57″N92°20′56″W / 34.76583°N 92.34889°W |
Built | 1960 |
Architect | Beck, Hollis |
Architectural style | Mid-Century Modern |
NRHP reference No. | 100003336 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 24, 2019 |
The Eugene Towbin House is a historic house at 16 Broadview Drive in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It was built in 1960 to a design by Hollis Beck, and is a good local example of Mid-Century Modern architecture. It is a single-story frame structure, its walls finished in vertical board siding and resting on a concrete block foundation. It is covered by a low-pitch side-facing gabled roof with deep eaves. The roof extends to the right beyond the main block to also shelter a carport. Eugene Towbin, for whose family the house was built, was a prominent physician in Little Rock. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. [1]
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