Williamson House (Little Rock, Arkansas)

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Williamson House
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Location 325 Fairfax St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°45′11″N92°18′28″W / 34.75306°N 92.30778°W / 34.75306; -92.30778 Coordinates: 34°45′11″N92°18′28″W / 34.75306°N 92.30778°W / 34.75306; -92.30778
Built 1911 (1911)
Architect Sanders, Theodore
Architectural style Bungalow/Craftsman
Part of Hillcrest Historic District (#90001920)
MPS Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference # 84000238 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 15, 1984
Designated CP December 18, 1990

The Williamson House is a historic house at 325 Fairfax Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and brick foundation. Its roof has exposed rafter ends in the Craftsman style, and a wraparound porch supported by simple square columns. The projecting entry porch has a gable with decorative false half-timbering, and is supported by grouped columns. The house was designed by Little Rock architect Theodore Sanders and was built about 1911. Photos of the house were used in promotional materials for the subdivision in which it is located. [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 198,541 in 2016 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 1984. [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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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Williamson House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-20.