Jackson House (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

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Location1617 North Jordan Lane, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°4′57″N94°8′34″W / 36.08250°N 94.14278°W / 36.08250; -94.14278 Coordinates: 36°4′57″N94°8′34″W / 36.08250°N 94.14278°W / 36.08250; -94.14278
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1866 (1866)
NRHP reference # 82002149 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 17, 1982

The Jackson House is a historic house at 1617 North Jordan Lane in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is a 2-1/2 story L-shaped brick building, three bays wide, with a cross gable roof and a single-story ell extending to the north. A single-story portico shelters the main entrance of the south-facing facade, supported by two square columns, with a balustrade above. A small round window is located in the gable end of the main facade. The east elevation (which faces the street, has two segmented-arch windows on each level. The house was built in 1866 by Columbus Jackson, whose family lineage is said to include President Andrew Jackson. [2]

Fayetteville, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Fayetteville is the third-largest city in Arkansas and county seat of Washington County. The city is centrally located within the county and has been home of the University of Arkansas since the institution's founding in 1871. Fayetteville is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks. Known as Washington until 1829, the city was named after Fayetteville, Tennessee, from which many of the settlers had come. It was incorporated on November 3, 1836 and was rechartered in 1867. The four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area is ranked 105th in terms of population in the United States with 463,204 in 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau. The city had a population of 73,580 at the 2010 Census.

Andrew Jackson 7th president of the United States

Andrew Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the "common man" against a "corrupt aristocracy" and to preserve the Union.

When the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, [1] the property included more than 20 acres (8.1 ha) of farmland as an integral part of the listing, as well as a number of outbuildings and the archaeological remains of a slave quarters. [2] The property has now been subdivided, and the house stands in a modern subdivision.

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Jackson House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-06.