Scipio A. Jones House

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Location1872 S. Cross St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°43′52″N92°17′13″W / 34.73111°N 92.28694°W / 34.73111; -92.28694 Coordinates: 34°43′52″N92°17′13″W / 34.73111°N 92.28694°W / 34.73111; -92.28694
Arealess than one acre
Built1928 (1928)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
Part of Paul Laurence Dunbar School Neighborhood Historic District (ID13000789)
MPS Historically Black Properties in Little Rock's Dunbar School Neighborhood MPS
NRHP reference No. 99000545 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1999
Designated CPSeptember 27, 2013

The Scipio A. Jones House is a historic house at 1872 South Cross Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a 1+12-story masonry structure, finished in an elaborate interpretation of the Craftsman style with a variety of materials. It has a clipped-gable roof covered with red tile, with a skirt of roofing extending across the front above the first floor. The entrance is recessed under a stone-faced arch, which is flanked by stuccoed bays with bands of three sash windows. The gable above also has a three-sash window group. The house was built about 1928 for Scipio Jones, one of Arkansas' most prominent African-American lawyers and politicians of the period. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]

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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 Scipio A. Jones House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-09.