Foster House (420 South Spruce Street, Hope, Arkansas)

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Foster House
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Location420 S. Spruce St., Hope, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°40′0″N93°35′4″W / 33.66667°N 93.58444°W / 33.66667; -93.58444 Coordinates: 33°40′0″N93°35′4″W / 33.66667°N 93.58444°W / 33.66667; -93.58444
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
ArchitectWitt, Siebert and Halsey
Architectural style Prairie School, Bungalow/American craftsman, Foursquare
NRHP reference No. 91000683 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1991

The Foster House is a historic house at 420 North Spruce Street in Hope, Arkansas. The house was designed by Texarkana architects Witt, Siebert and Halsey, and built in 1918 for Leonidas Foster, a prominent local businessman, landowner, and cotton broker. It is a 2-1/2 story brick structure, with a hip roof pierced by a gable-roofed dormer. A porch supported by brick piers extends across the front facade, and is augmented by a porte-cochère on the left side. The house is an excellent local example of a Foursquare house with Craftsman and Prairie details. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [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 Foster House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-17.