Pharr Cabin

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Pharr Cabin
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Location2 North Mountain, Bella Vista, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°26′7″N94°13′40″W / 36.43528°N 94.22778°W / 36.43528; -94.22778 Coordinates: 36°26′7″N94°13′40″W / 36.43528°N 94.22778°W / 36.43528; -94.22778
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
MPS Benton County MRA
NRHP reference # 87002346 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988

The Pharr Cabin is a historic summer cabin at 2 North Mountain in Bella Vista, Arkansas. It is a wood frame structure with a gable roof, presenting a single story to the front, and two to the rear on its steeply sloping lot. A porch extends across the front (south-facing) facade, with a lower-pitch gable roof. A large fieldstone chimney rises through both of these roofs. An open deck runs along the eastern facade. The sleeping areas on the lower level are enclosed only by screening. The cabin was built c. 1920, and is one of a small number of little-altered cabins built in that period in Bella Vista. [2]

Bella Vista, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Bella Vista is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. First established in 1917 as a summer resort destination, Bella Vista has evolved and redesigned itself over the succeeding years. Bella Vista became a retirement community in 1965, and, after much contention and a 2006 vote of its property owners, became an incorporated city. Following its official incorporation on January 1, 2007, the new city government took over the police department, fire department, streets, trash removal and other city functions, while the Property Owners Association (POA) retained control of the many amenities available to homeowners and their guests. Amenities include numerous parks, clubhouses with workout areas, swimming pools, six 18 hole golf courses, one nine-hole golf course, seven lakes with fishing and boat docks, a marina, swimming beach, putt putt golf courses and tennis courts, dog park, softball field, and extensive hiking and biking trails.

The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [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 Benton County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Benton 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 Pharr Cabin" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-28.