Hunt House (Searcy, Arkansas)

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Hunt House
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Location707 W. Center St., Searcy, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°14′54″N91°44′41″W / 35.24833°N 91.74472°W / 35.24833; -91.74472 Coordinates: 35°14′54″N91°44′41″W / 35.24833°N 91.74472°W / 35.24833; -91.74472
Arealess than one acre
Built1935 (1935)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, English Revival
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001207 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1991

The Hunt House is a historic house at 707 West Center Street in Searcy, Arkansas. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame house, its exterior finished in brick, stucco, stone, and other materials. It is roughly T-shaped, with intersecting gable-roofed sections. The front-facing gable has the entry porch projecting from its left front, and a chimney to its right. Both are formed out of brick with randomly placed stone at the lower levels, and stuccoed brick at the upper levels. Built about 1935, it is one of Searcy's finer examples of English Revival architecture. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [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 Hunt House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-27.