Routh-Bailey House

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Routh-Bailey House
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LocationOld Wire Rd., Fayetteville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°6′37″N94°7′6″W / 36.11028°N 94.11833°W / 36.11028; -94.11833 Coordinates: 36°6′37″N94°7′6″W / 36.11028°N 94.11833°W / 36.11028; -94.11833
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 89001592 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 1989

The Routh-Bailey House is a historic house on Old Wire Road in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick I-house with Greek Revival styling. Completed about 1850, it is rare within the state as a surviving antebellum brick farmhouse. It was built by Benjamin Routh on land granted to him in 1848 by President Zachary Taylor. When it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 it was described as being in deteriorated condition. [2] It is located east of Arkansas Highway 265 (from which it may be visible), northwest of a north-to-east bend in Old Wire Road.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Routh-Bailey House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-22.