Tom Watkins House

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Tom Watkins House
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LocationJct. of Oak and Race Sts., Searcy, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°15′3″N91°44′1″W / 35.25083°N 91.73361°W / 35.25083; -91.73361 Coordinates: 35°15′3″N91°44′1″W / 35.25083°N 91.73361°W / 35.25083; -91.73361
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
Architect Charles L. Thompson
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001183 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1991

The Tom Watkins House is a historic house at Oak and Race Streets in Searcy, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick structure, with a cross-gabled tile roof and a concrete foundation. A porch extends across part of the front and beyond the left side, forming a carport. The main roof and porch roof both feature exposed rafter tails in the Craftsman style, and there are small triangular brackets in the gable ends. The house, a fine local example of Craftsman architecture, was built about 1920 to a design by Charles L. Thompson. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [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 Tom Watkins House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-30.