Ed Knight House

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LocationOff AR 128, Pine Grove, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°51′55″N92°47′23″W / 33.86528°N 92.78972°W / 33.86528; -92.78972 Coordinates: 33°51′55″N92°47′23″W / 33.86528°N 92.78972°W / 33.86528; -92.78972
Arealess than one acre
Built1880 (1880)
MPS Dallas County MRA
NRHP reference # 83003524 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 28, 1983

The Ed Knight House is a historic house near Pine Grove, a rural community in Dallas County, Arkansas. It is located on County Road 275 off Arkansas Highway 128. In appearance it resembles a double pen house, a narrow and wide structure with a gable roof. Its oldest portion is a dog trot log structure built c. 1880, after which the central passageway was enclosed and an ell added to the south end. This was then sheathed in horizontal weatherboarding. The front facade has a hip-roof porch extending across its width, supported by six turned posts, with jigsaw-cut brackets. The Knights were a prominent local family who settled the area in the 1840s. [2]

Dallas County, Arkansas U.S. county in Arkansas

Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,116, making it the fourth-least populous county in Arkansas. The county seat is Fordyce. Dallas County is Arkansas's 49th county, formed on January 1, 1845, and named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States.

Arkansas Highway 128

Highway 128 is a designation for four east–west state highways in Southwest Arkansas. One route of 11.99 miles (19.30 km) begins at Highway 7 in Sparkman and runs east to Highway 9 at Holly Springs. A second route of 6.23 miles (10.03 km) begins at Highway 51 at Joan and runs east to Highway 7/Highway 8 at Gravel Junction. A third route begins at Highway 7 near DeGray Lake Resort State Park and runs east and north to US Highway 270 Business (US 270B) in Hot Springs. A fourth route begins at Highway 5 in Fountain Lake and runs east to US 70. All routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Arkansas.

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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 Ed Knight House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-08.