Myers House (Helena-West Helena, Arkansas)

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Myers House
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Location221 St. Andrew's Terrace, West Helena, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°32′27″N90°38′0″W / 34.54083°N 90.63333°W / 34.54083; -90.63333 Coordinates: 34°32′27″N90°38′0″W / 34.54083°N 90.63333°W / 34.54083; -90.63333
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
Architectural stylePrairie School, Bungalow/craftsman
MPS West Helena MPS
NRHP reference # 96001136 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 1996

The Myers House is a historic house at 221 St. Andrew's Terrace in West Helena, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood frame and brick house with a hip roof pierced on three sides by broad hip-roof dormers. Built c. 1920, it represents an excellent local synthesis of Craftsman and Prairie School styling. [2]

West Helena, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

West Helena is the western portion of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, this portion of the city population was 8,689.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [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 in preserving the property.

See also

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

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

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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 Myers House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-06.