Wood Freeman House No. 2

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Wood Freeman House No. 2
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Location703 W. Race St., Searcy, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°15′2″N91°44′40″W / 35.25056°N 91.74444°W / 35.25056; -91.74444 Coordinates: 35°15′2″N91°44′40″W / 35.25056°N 91.74444°W / 35.25056; -91.74444
Arealess than one acre
Built1935 (1935)
ArchitectWood Freeman
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, English Revival
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001181 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1991

The Wood Freeman House No. 2 is a historic house at 703 West Race Street in Searcy, Arkansas. It is a 1+12-story structure, with a wood frame and exterior finish of brick, stucco, and coral. It is basically rectangular in shape, with a projecting gable section at the left end, and a center entrance sheltered by a broad gable-roofed porch. A fieldstone chimney rises just to the right of the entrance. Built about 1935, it is a good local example of English Revival architecture. Wood Freeman House No. 1 is the other architecturally significant houses built by local builder Wood Freeman. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1] It was incorrectly listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database. [3]

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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 Wood Freeman House No. 2". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  3. "Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 26, 2015.