Servetus W. Ogan House

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Servetus W. Ogan House
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Location504 E. Forrest Ave., Wynne, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°13′42″N90°47′15″W / 35.22833°N 90.78750°W / 35.22833; -90.78750 Coordinates: 35°13′42″N90°47′15″W / 35.22833°N 90.78750°W / 35.22833; -90.78750
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Architectural styleAmerican Foursquare
NRHP reference No. 15000624 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 2015

The Servetus W. Ogan House is a historic house at 504 East Forrest Avenue in Wynne, Arkansas. It is a two-story American Foursquare building, built out of rusticated concrete blocks in 1910. It has a hip roof with hipped dormers, and a projecting single-story porch supported by square columns. It is one of the city's few examples of residential concrete-block construction, a style that was briefly popular in the area. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [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 Servetus W. Ogan House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-26.