Thomas Hunt House

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Thomas Hunt House
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Nearest city Plainview, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°20′1″N91°40′35″W / 35.33361°N 91.67639°W / 35.33361; -91.67639 Coordinates: 35°20′1″N91°40′35″W / 35.33361°N 91.67639°W / 35.33361; -91.67639
Arealess than one acre
Built1885 (1885)
ArchitectHunt, Thomas
Architectural styleVernacular double pen
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001193 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1992

The Thomas Hunt House was a historic house in rural White County, Arkansas. It was located north of Plainview, on the east side of Arkansas Highway 157, just south of County Road 704. It was a single-story wood frame double-pen structure, with a gabled roof and a projecting front gable with a wraparound porch supported by chamfered posts. Built about 1885, it was a rare surviving example of the double-pen frame form, [2] prior to its destruction by fire in 2015.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [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 Thomas Hunt House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-27.