Vanetten House

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Vanetten House
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Location1012 Cumberland, Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′18″N92°16′11″W / 34.73833°N 92.26972°W / 34.73833; -92.26972 Coordinates: 34°44′18″N92°16′11″W / 34.73833°N 92.26972°W / 34.73833; -92.26972
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
Architect Charles L. Thompson
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference No. 82000933 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1982

The Vanetten House is a historic house at 1012 Cumberland Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood frame American Foursquare house, with a dormered hip roof, weatherboard siding, and brick foundation. The roof and dormers have extended eaves with exposed rafters, and a single-story porch wraps across the front and around one side, supported by Ionic columns. Built about 1900, it was designed by Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson, and is one of his more elaborate Foursquare designs. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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 Vanetten House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-20.