Bryan House (Van Buren, Arkansas)
Appearance
Bryan House | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | 105 Fayetteville St., Van Buren, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°26′17″N 94°21′9″W / 35.43806°N 94.35250°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1886 |
Built by | Lewis Bryan |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 78000584[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 9, 1978 |
The Bryan House is a historic house at 105 Fayetteville Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. Built in 1886, it is one of the city's finest Queen Anne Victorian houses, with asymmetrical massing, multiple gables and projecting bay sections, and elaborate exterior decoration. The interior also has well-preserved woodwork, hardware and other decoration. The house was built by Lewis Bryan as a summer house, and is notable beyond its architecture as the local headquarters for Bryan's cousin William Jennings Bryan during his runs for President of the United States.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Bryan House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Victorian architecture in Arkansas
- Houses completed in 1886
- Houses in Crawford County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Arkansas
- Buildings and structures in Van Buren, Arkansas
- Northwest Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs