Absalom Fowler House
Appearance
Absalom Fowler House | |
Location | 502 E. 7th St., Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°44′30″N 92°16′41″W / 34.74167°N 92.27806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1839 |
Architect | Fowler,Absalom |
Part of | MacArthur Park Historic District (ID77000269) |
NRHP reference No. | 73000387[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
Designated CP | July 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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Absalom Fowler House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-21.