Mehaffey House

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Mehaffey House
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Location2101 Louisiana, Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°43′42″N92°16′30″W / 34.72833°N 92.27500°W / 34.72833; -92.27500
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (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 NRHPDecember 22, 1982
Designated CPMay 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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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Mehaffey House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 23, 2015.