Fox House (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)

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Location1303 S. Olive St., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°12′58″N92°0′25″W / 34.21611°N 92.00694°W / 34.21611; -92.00694 Coordinates: 34°12′58″N92°0′25″W / 34.21611°N 92.00694°W / 34.21611; -92.00694
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Architect Theodore Sanders
Architectural style Bungalow/American Craftsman
MPS Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference # 82000845 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1982

The Fox House is a historic house at 1303 South Olive Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a two-story frame structure, its exterior finished in a variety of materials, with a tiled hip roof. The walls have a typical Craftsman-style variety of materials, including brick, stone, and stuccoed half-timbering. A gable-roofed entrance portico projects from the front, supported by brick piers and featuring extended eaves and large brackets. The house was designed by Theodore Sanders and built c.1910. [2]

Pine Bluff, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Pine Bluff is the tenth-largest city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Jefferson County. It is the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area. The population of the city was 49,083 in the 2010 Census with 2018 estimates showing a decline to 42,271.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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.

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

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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 Fox House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-04.