John S. Vest House

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John S. Vest House
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Location21 N. West St., Fayetteville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°3′48″N94°9′56″W / 36.06333°N 94.16556°W / 36.06333; -94.16556 Coordinates: 36°3′48″N94°9′56″W / 36.06333°N 94.16556°W / 36.06333; -94.16556
Arealess than one acre
Built1870 (1870)
ArchitectJohn S. Vest
Architectural styleGothic, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 79003103 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 27, 1979

The John S. Vest House is a historic house at 21 North West Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick structure with modest vernacular Italianate and Gothic Revival details, built in 1870 by John S. Vest, a transplanted New Yorker who owned a brickmaking operation. It has a side-gable roof with a front-facing centered cross gable, with an extended eave that has paired Italianate brackets. A single-story porch extends across most of the front supported by Doric columns, some of which are mounted on brick piers. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [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 S. Vest House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-24.