Otha Walker Homestead

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Otha Walker Homestead
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Nearest city West Point, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°12′12″N91°36′27″W / 35.20333°N 91.60750°W / 35.20333; -91.60750 Coordinates: 35°12′12″N91°36′27″W / 35.20333°N 91.60750°W / 35.20333; -91.60750
Area less than one acre
Built 1915 (1915)
Architectural style Vernacular double-pile
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference # 91001354 [1]
Added to NRHP July 23, 1992

The Otha Walker Homestead is a historic house on the south side of Arkansas Highway 36, east of the small town of West Point, Arkansas. It is a 1-1/2 story double-pile central hall plan structure, topped by a hip roof and clad in novelty siding. A porch extends across the front (north) facade and around the east side, with a shed roof that has exposed rafter ends, and is supported by wooden box columns. The house, built about 1915, is one of the few of this type built in White County between 1914 and 1939. [2]

Highway 36 is a state highway in Central Arkansas. The highway begins at U.S. Highway 64 (US 64) at Hamlet and runs east through several small communities and briefly overlaps with US 64/US 67/US 167 before state maintenance ends at the small community of Georgetown. This highway is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT).

West Point, Arkansas Town in Arkansas, United States

West Point is a town in White County, Arkansas, United States.

White County, Arkansas County in the United States

White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,076. The county seat is Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties and named for Hugh Lawson White, a Whig candidate for President of the United States. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county, though a few private establishments can serve alcohol.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [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 White County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in White 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 Otha Walker Homestead" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-31.