James A. Rice House

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Location204 SE 3rd St., Bentonville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°22′9″N94°12′28″W / 36.36917°N 94.20778°W / 36.36917; -94.20778 Coordinates: 36°22′9″N94°12′28″W / 36.36917°N 94.20778°W / 36.36917; -94.20778
Arealess than one acre
Built1879 (1879)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference # 84000177 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1984

The James A. Rice House is a historic house at 204 Southeast Third Street in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is a 2-1/2 story brick structure, with tall arched windows and a bracketed cornice typical of the Italianate style. It has a two-story porch, asymmetrical massing, and a steeply pitched roof with cut-shingle gable finish typical of the Queen Anne style, which was in fashion when it was built c. 1879. Its builder and first owner was James A. Rice, a local lawyer who served two terms as mayor. [2]

Bentonville, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Bentonville is the ninth-largest city in Arkansas, United States and the county seat of Benton County. The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers adjacent to the east. The city is the birthplace and world headquarters of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. It is one of the four main cities in the four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ranked 109th in terms of population in the United States with 463,204 residents in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau. The city itself had a population of 35,301 at the 2010 Census, with an estimated population of 49,298 in 2017.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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 Benton County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

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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 James A. Rice House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-05.