Ashley County is a rural South Arkansas county with a culture, economy, and history based on timber and agriculture. Created as Arkansas's 52nd county on November 30, 1848, Ashley County has seven incorporated municipalities, including Hamburg, the county seat and Crossett, the most populous city. The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. The county is named for Chester Ashley, a prominent lawyer in the Arkansas Territory and U.S. senator from the state from 1844 to 1848.
Hillcrest Historic District is an 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.
The Harold Wass Ray House is a historic home in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built in 1935 for businessman Harold Wass Ray (1884-1969), it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The two-story structure is of a Prairie School and Craftsman in architectural style.
The Pugh House is a historic house on US Route 65 in Portland, Arkansas. The house was built c. 1905 to a design by architect Charles L. Thompson. It is a basic Foursquare house that has been elaborated by a hip roof with flared eaves, and a wraparound porch supported by Ionic columns and decorated with a neo-classical balustrade.
The Borden House is a historic house on the grounds of Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. In the Battle of Prairie Grove on December 7, 1862, the original Borden House was one of the central points of the Confederate line, and was the scene of heavy casualties. The Borden House was burned the next day. Archibald Borden built the current house on the original site. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof pierced by three gabled dormers. A porch extends across the center three bays of the front.
The Dean House is a historic house off U.S. Route 165 in Portland, Arkansas. The 1+1⁄2-story house was designed by architect Charles L. Thompson and built c. 1910. Stylistically, it is a Creole cottage, a simple rectangular shape mounted in a foundation with brick piers. The roof extends over a wraparound porch, which is supported by Tuscan columns. The roof is pierced by a pair of gabled dormers that are decorated with fish-scale shingles.
The A. H. Maegly House is a house located in southwest Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located in the upscale Arlington Heights neighborhood. Built for Aaron H. Maegly, a wealthy Portland broker, the distinctive house was completed in 1915. It was designed by Portland architect John Virginius Bennes, in the Prairie School style, an architectural style that is rare in Oregon.
The Portland United Methodist Church is a historic church building at 300 N. Main St. in Portland, Arkansas The Craftsman style two story T-shaped building was built in 1924to a design by architect John Parks Almand. The building is faced in brick laid in a running bond pattern. The roof is ceramic tile, with broad overhanging eaves supported by distinctive triangular knee braces. The building is the largest and most prominent building in Portland's small downtown area.
The Watson House is a historic house at 300 N. Cherry Street in Hamburg, Arkansas. The two story Colonial Revival brick house was built in 1918, and features verandas on its street-facing elevations. The verandas are supported by large Ionic columns that rise two full stories to support the roof, with the second floor veranda supported by cables suspended from above. The large-proportioned house is one of the most prominent buildings in Hamburg. It was designed and built by W. C. Bunn for David Watson, owner of a successful local hardware store.
U.S. Highway 71 is a U.S. highway that runs from Krotz Springs, LA to the Fort Frances–International Falls International Bridge at the Canadian border. In Arkansas, the highway runs from the Louisiana state line near Doddridge to the Missouri state line near Bella Vista. In Texarkana, the highway runs along State Line Avenue with US 59 and partially runs in Texas. Other areas served by the highway include Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas.
The Dr. M.C. Hawkins House is a historic house at 4684 Arkansas Highway 8 in Parkdale, Arkansas. Built 1911–12, it is an excellent example of a Prairie School house designed by Little Rock architect Frank W. Gibb. It is a two-story structure faced in brick veneer, laid out in a T shape. The rectangular main block has a hip roof, while the kitchen wing, which extends to the rear, has a gabled roof. The main entrance is centered on the front facade, and is sheltered by a porch supported by brick columns and pilasters. The top of this porch functions as a deck, surrounded by brick posts and a simple wooden balustrade, which was originally a more complex jigsawn design.
The John P. Fisher House is a historic house on the shores of Bayou Bartholomew in Ashley County, Arkansas, west of the city of Portland. The two story wood frame Greek Revival house is located north of the junction of Arkansas Highway 160 and County Road 50, west of the bayou bridge. It was built c. 1850 for John Fisher, not long after Ashley County was organized, near the town of Alligator Bluff, which was located on the other side of the bayou, and which was later supplanted by Portland with the arrival of the railroad. It is the only known antebellum Greek Revival house in the county.
The McRae House is a historic house at 1113 East 3rd Street in Hope, Arkansas. This two story brick house was designed by Charles L. Thompson and built c. 1917. It is a restrained Prairie style design, with a relatively simple main block, whose entrance is highlighted by a small porch supported by six Tuscan columns on brick plinths. The porch has curved beams, and the columns are echoed in pilasters on the facade.
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.
The Connelly-Harrington House is a historic house at 115 East University Street in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. It is an architecturally eclectic two story brick structure, exhibiting elements of Prairie Style, Classical Revival, and Craftsman architecture. The house was built c. 1913 for a prominent local banker, and has since served as a hospital and as the offices of the local chamber of commerce.
The Tillman Shaw House is a historic house at 500 South 19th Street in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The house is an architecturally eclectic two-story brick structure, set on an artificially raised plot in a neighborhood of predominantly smaller houses. It has a basic American Foursquare structure, with stylistic embellishments borrowed from a number of styles, including the Mission Revival, Prairie School, and Colonial Revival. It was built in 1909 by Tillman Shaw, a prosperous saloon owner in the then-frontier town. Shaw's fortunes were ruined by the advent of Prohibition, and he was forced to sell the house in 1919.
The MacMillan-Dilley House is a historic house at 407 Martin Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a cross-gable roof configuration, and distinctive siding consisting of boards topped by moulding. The underside of the extended roof gables are painted white, and the building has other features that are signatures of the Prairie School of design. It was built in 1903 to a design by Chicago architect Hugh M.G. Garden, who had supposedly studied with the major exponent of the Prairie School style, Frank Lloyd Wright.
The O.L. Dunaway House is a historic house at 920 Center Street in Conway, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick American Foursquare, with a hip roof and brick foundation. A single-story porch extends across the front and around the side, supported by brick columns. It is relatively broad for the style, its shape influenced by the Prairie School of design. It was built in 1923 for Oscar Lee Dunaway, a Christadelphian Bible school teacher.
The Dr. Cyrus F. Crosby House is a historic house at 202 North Broadway Street in Heber Springs, Arkansas. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a broad gabled roof and weatherboard siding. The roof is studded with gabled dormers, and shelters a wraparound porch supported by square posts. Although the overall style of the house is Craftsman, the porch's soffits are enclosed in the style of the Prairie School. The house was built in 1912 for a doctor, who had a medical practice and drug store in the city, and also engaged in an unsuccessful attempt to promote the area's natural mineral springs as a resort destination.
The John W. White House is a historic house at 1509 West Main Street in Russellville, Arkansas. It is a broad two-story brick structure, in a broad expression of the American Foursquare style with Prairie School and Craftsman elements. It is covered by a hipped tile roof, with a hipped dormer on the front roof face. A single-story hip-roof porch extends across the front, supported by rustic stone piers and balustrade. The house was built in 1916 for a wealthy banker and businessman, and is one of the finest high-style houses in the city.
