Harvey Lea House

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Harvey Lea House
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LocationCo. Rd. 70, Russell, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°21′53″N91°30′40″W / 35.36472°N 91.51111°W / 35.36472; -91.51111
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001270 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 13, 1992

The Harvey Lea House was a historic house on Russell Mountain Road (County Road 70), just north of Russell, Arkansas. It was a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and weatherboard siding. The roof gables had exposed rafter ends and large brackets in the Craftsman style, and a recessed porch supported by square posts. A gabled dormer projected from the front roof face. The house, built about 1925, was one of Russell's finest examples of Craftsman architecture. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It has been marked as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#91001270)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Harvey Lea House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-30.