Thomas Lynch House

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Thomas Lynch House
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Nearest city Morning Star, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°0′18″N92°35′52″W / 36.00500°N 92.59778°W / 36.00500; -92.59778 Coordinates: 36°0′18″N92°35′52″W / 36.00500°N 92.59778°W / 36.00500; -92.59778
Area less than one acre
Architect Lynch, T.A.
Architectural style log dogtrot
MPS Searcy County MPS
NRHP reference # 93000757 [1]
Added to NRHP August 18, 1993

The Thomas Lynch House is a historic house in rural northern Searcy County, Arkansas. It is located down a private lane east of County Road 52, north of the Pine Grove Church. It is a single-story dogtrot, fashioned out of square-cut oak logs chinked with concrete, and topped by a metal roof. A porch extends across the front, supported by unfinished square posts, and a kitchen ell extending to the south is the only significant alteration. The house was built about 1900 by Thomas Lynch alias Ben Maloy. [2]

Searcy County, Arkansas county in Arkansas

Searcy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,195. The county seat is Marshall. The county was formed December 13, 1838, from a portion of Marion County and named for Richard Searcy, the first clerk and judge in the Arkansas Territory. The city of Searcy, Arkansas, some seventy miles away, shares the name despite having never been part of Searcy County. The county is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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 preserving the property.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Searcy County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Searcy County, Arkansas.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Thomas Lynch House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-29.