John Gabriel Fort House

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John Gabriel Fort House
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Nearest city Driggs, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°12′26″N93°44′5″W / 35.20722°N 93.73472°W / 35.20722; -93.73472 Coordinates: 35°12′26″N93°44′5″W / 35.20722°N 93.73472°W / 35.20722; -93.73472
Arealess than one acre
Built1848 (1848)
Architectural styleSaddlebag
NRHP reference No. 96000331 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1996

The John Gabriel Fort House is a historic house in rural Logan County, Arkansas. It is located at a bend in Reveille Valley Road, roughly midway between Paris and Magazine. It is a single-story structure, consisting of two log pens joined by a side gable roof, with a frame addition extending to the rear. The logs have been hand-hewn square, and are joined by dovetail notches. Built about 1848, it is one of the county's oldest buildings, and is its best example of a "saddlebag" style house. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [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 John Gabriel Fort House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-23.