John McCaleb House

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John McCaleb House
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LocationMain St., Evening Shade, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°4′14″N91°37′34″W / 36.07056°N 91.62611°W / 36.07056; -91.62611 Coordinates: 36°4′14″N91°37′34″W / 36.07056°N 91.62611°W / 36.07056; -91.62611
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
MPS Evening Shade MRA
NRHP reference # 82002137 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1982

The John McCaleb House is a historic house at Main Street and Sidney Road in Evening Shade, Arkansas. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure with a gable roof studded with cross gables and dormers. Built c. 1900, it is an outstanding local example of Queen Anne styling, with its complex massing and roofline, projecting gable sections, a recessed attic porch, an octagonal turret, and porch with turned posts and jigsawn brackets. The interior retains significant period decoration, including woodwork and wallpaper. [2]

Evening Shade, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Evening Shade is a city in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 432 at the 2010 census. The town was fictionalized in a television situation comedy starring Burt Reynolds entitled Evening Shade in the U.S.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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 Sharp County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sharp 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. "NRHP nomination for John McCaleb House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-05.