Howson House

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Howson House
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Location1700 S. Olive St., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°12′41″N92°0′25″W / 34.21139°N 92.00694°W / 34.21139; -92.00694
Arealess than one acre
Built1918 (1918)
Architect Thompson & Harding
Architectural style Bungalow/American Craftsman, Tudor Revival
MPS Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference No. 82000847 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1982

The Howson House is a historic house at 1700 South Olive Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a 2+12-story structure, faced in brick on the first floor and half-timbered stucco on the second. A single-story porch extends across the main facade, supported by square brick piers, with exposed rafter ends in the shed roof. The house was designed by the noted Arkansas firm of Thompson & Harding, and was built in 1918. [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. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Howson House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-17.