Hall House (Little Rock, Arkansas)

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Location32 Edgehill, Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°46′4″N92°19′4″W / 34.76778°N 92.31778°W / 34.76778; -92.31778 Coordinates: 34°46′4″N92°19′4″W / 34.76778°N 92.31778°W / 34.76778; -92.31778
Built1928
Architect Thompson, Sanders, & Ginocchio
Architectural styleTudor Revival
MPS Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference No. 82000897 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1982

The Hall House is a historic house at 32 Edgehill Road in an exclusive neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large two-story brick structure, set on a manicured landscape and appearing as an English country house. It has a two-story projecting entry pavilion, and large gabled dormers with half-timbered stucco finish. Built in 1928, it is one of the largest and most expensive residential commissions of the noted Arkansas firm of Thompson, Sanders & Ginocchio. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Hall House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-25.