George Anderson House

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George Anderson House
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LocationW of Big Springs,
Big Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°54′3″N92°16′56″W / 35.90083°N 92.28222°W / 35.90083; -92.28222 Coordinates: 35°54′3″N92°16′56″W / 35.90083°N 92.28222°W / 35.90083; -92.28222
Arealess than one acre
Built1890 (1890)
Architectural styleDogtrot plan
MPS Stone County MRA
NRHP reference No. 85002218 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1985

The George Anderson House is a historic house located in rural central-western Stone County, Arkansas, a few miles west of Big Spring.

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Description and history

Built about 1890, it is the latest known 19th-century dogtrot house surviving in the county. Its two pens are fashioned out of hewn logs joined by saddle notches, and is sheltered by a gable roof. The pens have been sheathed in weatherboard, and a full-width porch extends across the building's front. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1985. [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 George Anderson House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-02.