The Elms (Altheimer, Arkansas)

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The Elms
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Location in Arkansas
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Location in United States
Nearest city Altheimer, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°18′15″N91°50′33″W / 34.30417°N 91.84250°W / 34.30417; -91.84250
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1866 (1866)
Built byJones, Dr.Samuel Jordan
Architectural style Louisiana raised cottage
NRHP reference No. 78000596 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1978

Presently used as a waterfowl hunting lodge, The Elms is a historic plantation house in rural Jefferson County, Arkansas. Located a short way south of Altheimer, it is a 1+1⁄2-story raised Louisiana cottage, an architectural form that is extremely rare in Arkansas. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, set on a raised basement. A porch extends across the front, with jigsawn balustrade, and the main roof is pierced by three gabled dormers. The house was built in 1866 by Dr. Samuel Jordon Jones. [2] Today, the house serves as the centerpiece of The Elms Lodges & Leases, a commercial duck hunting business.

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [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 The Elms". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 13, 2015.


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