Glenn House (Batesville, Arkansas)

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Glenn House
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Location in United States
Location653 Water St., Batesville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°46′26″N91°38′58″W / 35.77389°N 91.64944°W / 35.77389; -91.64944
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Victorian
Part of School Addition Historic District (ID06001315)
NRHP reference No. 75000389 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 2, 1975
Designated CPFebruary 1, 2007

The Glenn House is a historic house at 653 Water Street in Batesville, Arkansas. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof and end chimneys. A porch with balcony above extends across the middle three bays, and there is a cross gable at the center, above the upper and lower doorways. The house is basically Greek Revival in character, although it has some later Victorian period alterations. It was built in 1850 to house the academic facilities of the Soulesbury Institute, and was from 1873 occupied by four generations of the Glenn family. It is one Batesville's most architecturally sophisticated houses. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [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 Glenn House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved July 16, 2015.