Owen Martin House

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Owen Martin House
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Location AR 14, Marcella, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°47′14″N91°53′7″W / 35.78722°N 91.88528°W / 35.78722; -91.88528 Coordinates: 35°47′14″N91°53′7″W / 35.78722°N 91.88528°W / 35.78722; -91.88528
Area less than one acre
Built 1920 (1920)
Architectural style Double-pen plan
MPS Stone County MRA
NRHP reference # 85003397 [1]
Added to NRHP October 25, 1985

The Owen Martin House is a historic house on Arkansas Highway 14 in Marcella, Arkansas. Situated on a relatively open field west of the highway (screened by another property in front of it), it is a single-story wood frame structure, in a double-pen dogtrot plan, with a side-gable roof and weatherboard siding. A shed-roof porch extends across the east-facing front, supported by square posts, and a cross-gabled ell extends west from the rear of the southern pen. The house was built in about 1920, illustrating the persistence of the traditional form well into the 20th century. [2]

Arkansas Highway 14 highway in Arkansas

Highway 14 is an east–west state highway in north Arkansas. The route of 227.35 miles (365.88 km) begins at Boat Dock Road near Table Rock Lake and runs east to Mississippi County Route W1020 (CR W1020) at Golden Lake. The highway's general alignment between the western terminus and Marked Tree closely follows the original routing as established in the initial 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering plan. The route from Highway 140 in Lepanto east across Interstate 55 to Golden Lake is a later extension.

Marcella, Arkansas Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States

Marcella is an unincorporated community in Stone County, Arkansas, United States. Marcella is located along Arkansas Highway 14, 14.5 miles (23.3 km) east-southeast of Mountain View. Marcella has a post office with ZIP code 72555.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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 Stone County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Stone 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 Owen Martin House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-08-06.