Vaughn House (Little Rock, Arkansas)

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Vaughn House
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Location104 Rosetta, Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′59″N92°18′31″W / 34.74972°N 92.30861°W / 34.74972; -92.30861 Coordinates: 34°44′59″N92°18′31″W / 34.74972°N 92.30861°W / 34.74972; -92.30861
Arealess than one acre
Built1914 (1914)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
Part of Stifft Station Historic District (#06000941)
NRHP reference # 99000226 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 1999
Designated CPOctober 18, 2006

The Vaughn House is a historic house at 104 Rosetta Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and an exterior of clapboard and stuccoed half-timbering. The roof eave is lined with large Craftsman brackets, and the roof extends over the front porch, showing rafter ends, and supported by stone piers. Built in 1914, it is a well-preserved local example of Craftsman architecture. [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 197,881 in 2018 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.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [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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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Vaughn House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-21.