Lemay House

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Lemay House
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Location305 S. Cypress St., Beebe, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°3′39″N91°52′37″W / 35.06083°N 91.87694°W / 35.06083; -91.87694
Arealess than one acre
Built1890 (1890)
Architectural styleVernacular ell-shaped
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001254 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 1992
Removed from NRHPJanuary 26, 2018

The Lemay House was a historic house at 305 South Cypress Street in Beebe, Arkansas. It was an L-shaped single story wood-frame structure, built about 1890, and was one of White County's best-preserved vernacular residences from that time period. It retained original trim elements and period windows, including jigsawn brackets and turned porch posts. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Preservation Program's database, and was delisted in 2018.

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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 Lemay House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 31, 2015.