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Absalom Fowler House

Coordinates: 34°44′30″N 92°16′41″W / 34.74167°N 92.27806°W / 34.74167; -92.27806
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Absalom Fowler House
Absalom Fowler House is located in Arkansas
Absalom Fowler House
Absalom Fowler House is located in the United States
Absalom Fowler House
Location502 E. 7th St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′30″N 92°16′41″W / 34.74167°N 92.27806°W / 34.74167; -92.27806
Arealess than one acre
Built1839 (1839)
ArchitectFowler,Absalom
Part ofMacArthur Park Historic District (ID77000269)
NRHP reference No.73000387[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1973
Designated CPJuly 25, 1977

The Absalom Fowler House is a historic house at 502 East 7th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two story brick building, with a hip roof and a front portico supported by fluted Ionic columns and topped by a balustrade. The building is encircled by an entablature with modillion blocks and an unusual double row of dentil moulding giving a checkerboard effect. The house, built about 1840 by Absalom Fowler, a lawyer prominent in the state's early history.[2] The house is now surrounded by a multi-building apartment complex.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Absalom Fowler House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-21.