Floyd B. Brown House

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Floyd B. Brown House
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Location1401 S. Georgia St., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°13′2″N92°0′0″W / 34.21722°N 92.00000°W / 34.21722; -92.00000
Arealess than one acre
Built1955 (1955)
Architectural styleMinimal Traditional
NRHP reference No. 04001493 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 2006
Removed from NRHPJanuary 26, 2018

The Floyd B. Brown House is a historic house at 1401 South Georgia Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a single-story vernacular brick structure, with a gable roof and brick foundation. Decorative elements on the building are minimal, with scalloped trim elements at the gables and eaves, and a fanlight in the front-facing gable. The house was built in 1954 for Floyd and Lillian Brown. The Browns were prominent African-American educators: Floyd Brown founded the Fargo Training School in Fargo, Arkansas, and his wife Lillian taught there. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1] It was delisted in 2018.

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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 Floyd N. Brown House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 8, 2015.