Melvin Chrisco House

	Melvin Chrisco House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	237 Alvin Brown Rd., Damascus, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°22′13″N 92°25′22″W / 35.37028°N 92.42278°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1947
Built by	Silas Owens, Sr. (mason)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Minimal Traditional
MPS	Mixed Masonry Buildings of Silas Owens, Sr. MPS
NRHP reference No.	05001082
Added to NRHP	September 28, 2005

The Melvin Chrisco House is a historic house at 237 Alvin Brown Road in Damascus, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and an exterior of stone veneer with cream-colored brick trim. A multi-arched gabled-roofed porch shelters the front entrance. The house was built in 1947, its exterior finished by the regionally prominent African-American mason Silas Owens, Sr. It exhibits hallmarks of Owens's work, including herringbone patterning in the stone work, arched porch openings, and the use of cream brick in quoined patterns on corners and openings.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Melvin Chrisco House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-29.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Melvin Chrisco House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-29.

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