Vinie McCall House

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Vinie McCall House
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Location Spring St., Marshall, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°54′20″N92°37′45″W / 35.90556°N 92.62917°W / 35.90556; -92.62917 Coordinates: 35°54′20″N92°37′45″W / 35.90556°N 92.62917°W / 35.90556; -92.62917
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Plain Traditional
MPS Searcy County MPS
NRHP reference # 93000969 [1]
Added to NRHP October 4, 1993

The Vinie McCall House is a historic house on Spring Street in Marshall, Arkansas. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, weatherboard siding, and stone pier foundation. The front (west-facing) facade has a cross gable at the center of the roof, with two narrow windows in it, above the main entrance. The entrance stands under a hip-roof porch roughly the width of the gable, supported by five turned columns and decorated with a spindled frieze. The house was built c. 1895, and is a well-preserved vernacular house with Folk Victorian details from the late 19th century. [2]

Marshall, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Marshall is a city in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,355 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Searcy County. Marshall was incorporated in 1884. Prior to the American Civil War, Marshall was known as Burrowsville.

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

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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 Vinie McCall House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-08-02.