Thomas Gray House

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Thomas Gray House
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Location25 River Valley Rd., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°47′26″N92°22′56″W / 34.79056°N 92.38222°W / 34.79056; -92.38222 Coordinates: 34°47′26″N92°22′56″W / 34.79056°N 92.38222°W / 34.79056; -92.38222
Arealess than one acre
Built1963 (1963)
ArchitectThomas Gray
Architectural styleMid-Century Modern
NRHP reference # 100002955 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 2018

The Thomas Gray House is a historic house at 25 River Valley Road in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a single-story masonry structure, finished in fieldstone and vertical cedar siding and covered by a gable-on-hip roof. A contemporaneous detached carport with a similar roof stands near the house. The house was designed by Thomas Gray, an architect at the prominent Little Rock firm Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson, as his family's residence. It is a locally significant example of the Organic architecture movement. [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.

Organic architecture Philosophy of architecture

Organic architecture is a philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world. This is achieved through design approaches that aim to be sympathetic and well-integrated with a site, so buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [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 in 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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Thomas Gray House" (PDF). State of Arkansas. Retrieved 2019-08-31.