Kahn-Jennings House

Last updated
Kahn-Jennings House
Kahn-Jennings House.JPG
USA Arkansas location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location in Arkansas
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location in United States
Location5300 Sherwood St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°45′54″N92°19′56″W / 34.76500°N 92.33222°W / 34.76500; -92.33222
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
ArchitectMaximillian F. Mayer
Architectural styleRenaissance, Tudor Revival, French Renaissance
NRHP reference No. 92001223 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1992

The Kahn-Jennings House is a historic house at 5300 Sherwood Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large 2+12-story structure, finished in stone, that was designed to resemble a large English country house. It was designed by Little Rock architect Max Mayer for Sidney Kahn, the real estate developer of the Prospect Terrace area in which it is located. At the time, the area would have afforded fine views of central Little Rock, and was marketed as an exclusive upper-class area. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott, Arkansas</span> Census-designated place in Arkansas, United States

Scott is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lonoke and Pulaski counties in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Per the 2020 census, the population was 97. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hillcrest (Little Rock)</span> United States historic place

Hillcrest Historic District is an historic neighborhood in Little Rock, Arkansas that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1990. It is often referred to as Hillcrest by the people who live there, although the district's boundaries actually encompass several neighborhood additions that were once part of the incorporated town of Pulaski Heights. The town of Pulaski Heights was annexed to the city of Little Rock in 1916. The Hillcrest Residents Association uses the tagline "Heart of Little Rock" because the area is located almost directly in the center of the city and was the first street car suburb in Little Rock and among the first of neighborhoods in Arkansas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Rock Union Station</span>

Little Rock Union Station, also known as Mopac Station, is a train station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nash House (601 Rock Street, Little Rock, Arkansas)</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Nash House is a historic house at 601 Rock Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and clapboard siding. A two-story gabled section projects on the right side of the main facade, and the left side has a two-story flat-roof porch, with large fluted Ionic columns supporting an entablature and dentillated and modillioned eave. Designed by Charles L. Thompson and built in 1907, it is a fine example of a modestly scaled Colonial Revival property. Another house that Thompson designed for Walter Nash stands nearby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farrell Houses</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Farrell Houses are a group of four houses on South Louisiana Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. All four houses are architecturally significant Bungalow/Craftsman buildings designed by the noted Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson as rental properties for A.E. Farrell, a local businessman, and built in 1914. All were individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their association with Thompson. All four are also contributing properties to the Governor's Mansion Historic District, to which they were added in a 1988 enlargement of the district boundaries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Governor's Mansion Historic District</span> Historic district in Arkansas, United States

The Governor's Mansion Historic District is a historic district covering a large historic neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and its borders were increased in 1988 and again in 2002. The district is notable for the large number of well-preserved late 19th and early 20th-century houses, and includes a major cross-section of residential architecture designed by the noted Little Rock architect Charles L. Thompson. It is the oldest city neighborhood to retain its residential character.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Argenta Historic District</span> Historic district in Arkansas, United States

The Argenta Historic District encompasses significant historic elements of central North Little Rock, Arkansas. The area that is now central North Little Rock was known as Argenta when it was first settled, and remained unincorporated until it was annexed to Little Rock in 1890. William Faucette, a leading Argenta politician and businessman, orchestrated the incorporation of North Little Rock just beyond the annexed area in 1901, and then made a successful petition to separate Argenta from Little Rock into the new municipality in 1903. Subsequent attempts to rename North Little Rock to Argenta have failed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keith House (Little Rock, Arkansas)</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Keith House is a historic house at 2200 Broadway in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick structure, three bays wide, with a side-gable roof. A single-story gabled porch projects from the center of the main facade, supported by brick piers, with exposed rafter ends and large Craftsman brackets. The house was designed by noted Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson and built in 1912. It is a particularly well-executed combination of Craftsman and Prairie School features.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">England House (Little Rock, Arkansas)</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The England House is a historic house at 2121 Arch Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a broad two-story brick building, capped by a hip roof with gabled dormers. The main facade has a porch extending across its facade, supported by large brick piers. Its basic form is reminiscent of the Prairie School of design, but the house has Classical elements, including its south side porch, which is supported by large Tuscan columns. The house was built in 1914 to a design by architect Charles L. Thompson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">French–England House</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The French–England House is a historic house at 1700 Broadway in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large and elaborately-decorated two story American Foursquare house, with a tall hip roof with flared eaves, narrow weatherboard siding, and a high brick foundation. A single-story porch extends across much of the front, with Ionic columns and a modillioned and dentillated cornice. The house was designed by noted Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson, and was built in 1900.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Matthews</span> American builder and real estate developer

Justin Matthews (1876–1955) was an Arkansas road and bridge builder and real estate developer. He helped to design and expand many areas in central Arkansas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Parks Almand</span> American architect (1885–1969)

John Parks Almand was an American architect who practiced in Arkansas from 1912 to 1962. Among other works, he designed the Art Deco Hot Springs Medical Arts Building, which was the tallest building in Arkansas from 1930 to 1958. Several of his works, including the Medical Arts Building and Little Rock Central High School, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Laurence Dunbar School Neighborhood Historic District</span> Historic district in Arkansas, United States

The Paul Laurence Dunbar School Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a historical neighborhood area of central Little Rock, Arkansas. Primarily developed between 1890 and 1915, the area was initially racially integrated, but had by the mid-1960s become predominantly African-American. It is anchored at the northern end by the Dunbar School campus, and extends south for 6-1/2 blocks along South Cross and South Ringo Streets. Prominent houses in the district include the Miller House, the Womack House, and the Scipio A. Jones House.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MacArthur Park Historic District</span> Historic district in Arkansas, United States

The MacArthur Park Historic District encompasses a remarkably well-preserved collection of Victorian buildings in the heart of Little Rock, Arkansas. The main focal point of the district is MacArthur Park, site of the Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal and Little Rock's 19th-century military arsenal. The district extends north and west from the park for about four blocks, to East Capitol Avenue in the north and Scott Street to the west, and extends south, beyond Interstate 630, to East 17th Street. This area contains some of the city's finest surviving antebellum and late Victorian architecture, including an particularly large number (19) of Second Empire houses, and achieved its present form roughly by the 1880s. The MacArthur Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maxwell F. Mayer House</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Maxwell F. Mayer House is a historic house at 2016 Battery Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Built 1922–25, it is a two-story Tudor Revival structure, designed by Little Rock architect Maximilian F. Mayer. The styling is unusual for its neighborhood, which consists mainly of Craftsman and Colonial Revival houses. It has a side-gable roof with a large projecting gable at the right end, whose right roofline descends to the first floor to shelter a porte-cochere.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reid House (Little Rock, Arkansas)</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Reid House is a historic house at 1425 Kavanaugh Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It is a large two-story wood-frame structure, built in 1911 in the Dutch Colonial style to a design by architect Charles L. Thompson. It has a side-gable gambrel roof that extends over the front porch, with shed-roof dormers containing bands of sash windows flanking a large projecting gambreled section. The porch is supported by stone piers, and extends left of the house to form a porte-cochere.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rogers House (Little Rock, Arkansas)</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Rogers House is a historic house at 400 West 18th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large two story brick building, with an eclectic combination of Georgian Revival and American Craftsman features. It was designed by Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson and completed in 1914. It has a green tile hip roof with extended eaves that show Craftsman style rafter ends, and is pierced by gabled dormers, which also have extended eaves, with large brackets for support. A half-round entry portico projects from the front, supported by monumental fluted Ionic columns. The house is one of Thompson's more imposing designs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Snyder House (Little Rock, Arkansas)</span> Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Snyder House is a historic house at 4004 South Lookout Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a 1+12-story wood frame with a distinctive blend of American Craftsman and Colonial Revival elements, built in 1925 to a design by the Little Rock firm of Sanders and Ginocchio. Its gable roof is bracketed, and it features an entry portico supported by large Tuscan columns. The gable of the portico has false half-timbering.

Jennings House may refer to:

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Kahn-Jennings House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-09.