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Newton House Museum

Coordinates: 33°12′53″N 92°39′44″W / 33.21472°N 92.66222°W / 33.21472; -92.66222
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Matthew Rainey House
Newton House Museum is located in Arkansas
Newton House Museum
Newton House Museum is located in the United States
Newton House Museum
Location510 N. Jackson St., El Dorado, Arkansas
Coordinates33°12′53″N 92°39′44″W / 33.21472°N 92.66222°W / 33.21472; -92.66222
Arealess than one acre
Built1852 (1852)
Part ofMurphy-Hill Historic District (ID07000974)
NRHP reference No.74000501[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 6, 1974
Designated CPSeptember 20, 2007

The Newton House Museum, alsk known as the Matthew Rainey House, is a historic house museum at 510 North Jackson Street in El Dorado, Arkansas. The house was built sometime between 1843 and 1853 by Matthew Rainey, El Dorado's first settler, and is the oldest building in the city. It is a vernacular two-story wood-frame structure with a central hall and rooms on either side. It stands at the edge of a 4-acre (1.6 ha) parcel, having been moved from its center in 1910.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974,[1] and included in the Murphy-Hill Historic District in 2007.[3] It is now owned by the South Arkansas Historical Foundation, which operates it as a museum.

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Matthew Rainey House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Murphy-Hill Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-05-21.

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