Evelyn Gill Walker House

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Evelyn Gill Walker House
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Location18 S. Spruce St., Paris, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°17′30″N93°44′0″W / 35.29167°N 93.73333°W / 35.29167; -93.73333 Coordinates: 35°17′30″N93°44′0″W / 35.29167°N 93.73333°W / 35.29167; -93.73333
Arealess than one acre
Built byTolbert E. Gill
Architectural styleRustic
NRHP reference No. 93000985 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1993

The Evelyn Gill Walker House is a historic house at 18 South Spruce Street in Paris, Arkansas. Built by mason Tolbert E. Gill over a several-year period beginning in 1938, it is a distinctive example of Gill's Rustic style, with a stone veneer exterior and decorative components. It has a 1 12-story gabled main section, with a flat-roof porch in front, and a flat-roof ell in the rear. The ell features a turret with a bell-cast top, with a surrounding curved staircase leading to an open deck on the ell's roof. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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 Evelyn Gill Walker House". ARkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-05.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)