Mehaffey House | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | 2101 Louisiana, Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°43′42″N92°16′30″W / 34.72833°N 92.27500°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1905 |
Architect | Charles L. Thompson |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Transitional Colonial Rev |
Part of | Governor's Mansion Historic District (1988 enlargement) (ID88000631) |
MPS | Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82000909 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 1982 |
Designated CP | May 19, 1988 |
The Mehaffey House is a historic house at 2102 South Louisiana Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and weatherboard siding. It has irregular massing characteristic of the late Victorian period, but has a classical Colonial Revival porch, with Tuscan columns supporting a dentillated and modillioned roof. The main entrance features a revival arched transom. The house was built about 1905 to a design by noted Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
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