Walter Marsh House

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Walter Marsh House
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LocationJct. of Maple and Torrence Sts., Pangburn, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°25′24″N91°50′30″W / 35.42333°N 91.84167°W / 35.42333; -91.84167 Coordinates: 35°25′24″N91°50′30″W / 35.42333°N 91.84167°W / 35.42333; -91.84167
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
Architectural styleVernacular double-pile
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001288 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1991

The Walter Marsh House is a historic house at Maple and Torrence Streets in Pangburn, Arkansas. It is a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof, novelty siding, and a stone foundation. The roof extends over a front porch, which is supported by simple box columns on piers. A two-window hip-roof dormer projects above the porch. Built about 1920, it is a well-preserved vernacular double-pile residence of the period. [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 Walter Marsh House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-05.