Reichardt House

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Reichardt House
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Location 1201 Welch St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′9″N92°15′34″W / 34.73583°N 92.25944°W / 34.73583; -92.25944 Coordinates: 34°44′9″N92°15′34″W / 34.73583°N 92.25944°W / 34.73583; -92.25944
Area less than one acre
Built 1870 (1870)
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP reference # 75000410 [1]
Added to NRHP May 2, 1975

The Reichardt House is a historic house at 1201 Welch Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Built in 1870 and significantly altered in subsequent decades, it is now a two-story five-bay wood frame structure, with a side gable roof and weatherboard siding. A central gabled section projects from the front, and a single-story porch wraps across the front, supported by delicate turned posts. The house was built by Edward Reichardt, an early German immigrant to the area. [2]

Little Rock, Arkansas Capital of Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As the county seat of Pulaski County, the city was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center. The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river, named the "Little Rock" by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in the 1720s. The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The city's population was 198,541 in 2016 according to the United States Census Bureau. The six-county Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is ranked 78th in terms of population in the United States with 738,344 residents according to the 2017 estimate by the United States Census Bureau.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [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.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

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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 Reichardt House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-26.