Mitchell House (Waltreak, Arkansas)

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Mitchell House
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Location AR 80 W of Watson Branch, Waltreak, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°59′4″N93°36′58″W / 34.98444°N 93.61611°W / 34.98444; -93.61611 Coordinates: 34°59′4″N93°36′58″W / 34.98444°N 93.61611°W / 34.98444; -93.61611
Area less than one acre
Built 1891 (1891)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Vernacular dogtrot
NRHP reference # 90000876 [1]
Added to NRHP June 7, 1990

The Mitchell House is a historic house in rural Yell County, Arkansas. It is located on the north side of Arkansas Highway 80, east of the Waltreak Methodist Church, in a northeastern finger of the Ouachita National Forest. The house is a single-story dogtrot structure, with a gable roof and a cross-gabled rear kitchen ell. The central breezeway has been enclosed, and houses the building entrance, which is sheltered by a shed-roof porch artfully decorated with vernacular woodwork. Built in 1891, it is one of the few 19th-century buildings surviving in the area, and is a well-preserved and unusual example of the dogtrot form. [2]

Yell County, Arkansas County in the United States

Yell County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,185. The county has two county seats, Dardanelle and Danville. Yell County is Arkansas's 42nd county, formed on December 5, 1840 from portions of Scott and Pope counties. It was named after Archibald Yell, who was the state's first member of the United States House of Representatives and the second governor of Arkansas; he later was killed in combat at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican–American War. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.

Arkansas Highway 80 highway in Arkansas

Highway 80 is an east–west state highway in the Ouachita Mountains. The route of 49.87 miles (80.26 km) begins at Highway 28 at Hon and runs east to Arkansas Highway 27 in Danville. The route is maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

Ouachita National Forest

The Ouachita National Forest is a National Forest that lies in the western portion of Arkansas and portions of eastern Oklahoma.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Yell County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yell County, Arkansas.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Mitchell House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-04-28.