Hillcrest Historic District is a 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.
Matthews House or Matthews Hall may refer to:
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.
The University of Arkansas Campus Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 2009. The district covers the historic core of the University of Arkansas campus, including 25 buildings.
Frank Carmean was an architect in Arkansas. Not formally trained as an architect, but rather experienced in building construction, he became a designer. He joined a firm in 1927 that was developing the Edgemont residential area of Little Rock, and is believed to have designed all but one of the 16 homes in the development. The firm billed him as their "architect", and he toured to collect new designs. He introduced or expanded the use of Spanish Colonial architecture in Little Rock.
The Jerome Bonaparte Pillow House is a historic house at 718 Perry Street in Helena, Arkansas. Architect George Barber designed the house, and it was built by Jerome B. Pillow in 1896. The building was donated to the Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas Foundation and was restored by that body as well as several members of the community who were successful in restoring the property to its original Queen Anne beauty. The Thompson-Pillow House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and was opened after restoration in 1997.
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.
The Butler-Matthews Homestead is a historic farm complex near the hamlet of Tulip in rural Dallas County, Arkansas. The property is historically significant for two reasons: the first is that it includes a collection of 15 farm-related buildings built between the 1850s and the 1920s, and it is the location of one of Dallas County's two surviving I-houses.
The Nash-Reid-Hill House is a historic house at 418 West Matthews Avenue in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, faced in brick veneer, with a hipped roof that has multiple cross gables and a three-story tower with a conical roof. The house was built between 1898 and 1902, using locally fired brick, and is a locally notable example of Queen Anne architecture, although its porch was modified in 1934 to give it a more French Eclectic appearance. It is also notable for its association with the locally prominent Nash family, who have long been prominent businessmen and landowners in the years since the American Civil War.
The Joseph E. England Jr. House is a historic house at 313 Skyline Drive in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a 1+1⁄2-story brick and stone structure, set on a wedge-shaped lot with expansive views of the Arkansas River. Built in 1928, it is a fine example of Tudor Revival architecture, and one of the Edgemont neighborhood's most elaborate pre-Depression houses. It was built for a prominent local banker and businessman who was an associated of Edgemont's developer, Justin Matthews.
The Jeffries House is a historic house at 415 Skyline Drive in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, finished in a fieldstone veneer, and is three bays wide, with a side-gable roof, end chimneys, and symmetrical single-story wings at the sides. The house is distinctive as a fine example of Colonial Revival architecture, rendered in the unusual veneered stone finish. Built in 1931 by the Justin Matthews Company, it was the last house Matthews built in the Edgemont subdivision before the Great Depression brought the development to an end.
The Hanger Hill Historic District encompasses a collection of early 20th-century residential properties on the 1500 block of Welch Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Included are nine historic houses and one carriage barn, the latter a remnant of a property whose main house was destroyed by fire in 1984. The houses are all either Colonial Revival or Queen Anne Victorian, or share some stylistic elements of both architectural styles, and were built between 1906 and 1912. Six of the houses are distinctive in their execution of these styles using rusticated concrete blocks.
The Matthews-Storey House is a historic house at 8115 Ascension Road in southern Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a mostly single-story Craftsman Airplane-style structure, in which a small second story at the center makes the building resemble an early aircraft. The building features a carport to the right and a projecting porch to the front, each with supporting stone pillars and exposed rafters underneath. The house was built in 1925 by the Justin Matthews Company, a major developer in the city at that time.
The Justin Matthews Jr. House is a historic house at 257 Skyline Drive in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large two story Mediterranean Revival house, designed by Little Rock architect Max F. Meyer and built in 1928. It has all of the hallmarks of this style, including a red tile roof, stuccoed walls, arched openings for doors and windows, and wrought iron grillwork. The house was built for the son of developer Justin Matthews in his Park Hill development.
The Matthews House is a historic house at 406 Goshen Street in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Built in 1928, it is an unusually modern interpretation of Georgian Revival architecture, designed by Frank Carmean and built by Justin Matthews as a showcase home for his Park Hill development. It has a stuccoed exterior, and its shape is that of squares intersecting at a circular stairwell. Its interior exhibits elements of Art Deco styling. The house was widely advertised by Matthews after its completion, and more than 20,000 people are estimated to have toured it.
The Matthews-Bradshaw House is a historic house at 524 Skyline Drive in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a single-story masonry structure, its exterior clad in brick and stone. A conical turreted section with diamond-pane windows projects from one corner, and the gable above the main entrance is finished in half-timbered stucco. Built in 1929 by the Justin Matthews Company as part of its Park Hill development, it is the only example Matthews built of the French Eclectic style. It was designed by Frank Carmean, the Matthews Company architect.
The Matthews-Bryan House is a historic house at 320 Dooley Road, North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a single-story masonry structure, built in the English Revival style in 1930 by the Justin Matthews Corporation as part of its Park Hill development. It has a steeply pitched gable roof, with cross-gabled entrance, and is faced in stone and brick. It was designed by Matthews Company architect Frank Carmean, and was one of the last houses built by Matthews before the full effects of the Great Depression affected his building style.
The Matthews-Dillon House is a historic house at 701 Skyline Drive in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building, with a steeply pitched gable roof in a saltbox profile. The roof is continued over a small front porch, with flush-set chimneys to its left and a gabled projection to its right. The house was built in 1928 by the Justin Matthews Company, to a design by company architect Frank Carmean. The house is locally unusual for its evocation of colonial New England architectural style, executed as a brick variant of medieval English architecture.
The Matthews-MacFayden House is a historic house at 206 Dooley Road in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick structure, with gable-on-hip roof, and a projecting single-story gable-roofed section on the right side of the front. Decoratively corbelled brick chimneys rise at the center of the main roof, and a projecting wood-framed oriel window adds a distinctive touch to the front. The house was built in 1930 by developer Justin Matthews as part of his Edgemont development, and was designed by his company architect, Frank Carmean. It is a picturesque example of English Revival architecture.
The Owings House is a historic house at 563 Skyline Drive in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, with classic Spanish Revival features, including a tile roof, arched openings, and iron grillwork. It is unusual in that its brick has not been stuccoed. The house was built in 1927 by Justin Matthews as part of his large Edgemont development. It was the first house to be completed, and was lost by its owners to foreclosure during the Great Depression.
