Ackins House

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Ackins House
Ackins House is located in Arkansas
Ackins House
Location in Arkansas
Nearest cityFloyd, Arkansas
Coordinates35°11′31″N 91°58′1″W / 35.19194°N 91.96694°W / 35.19194; -91.96694Coordinates: 35°11′31″N 91°58′1″W / 35.19194°N 91.96694°W / 35.19194; -91.96694
Arealess than one acre
Built1880 (1880)
Architectural styleVernacular, Single Pile, Central Hall Plan
MPSWhite County MPS
NRHP reference No.91001322[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 11, 1992

The Ackins House was a historic house in Floyd, Arkansas. Located on the east side of Arkansas Highway 31 just north of its intersection with , it was one of the small number of early houses to survive in White County at the time it was listed as a historic site.

Description and history[]

Built around 1880, it was a 1+1⁄2-story timber-framed single pile structure with a central hall plan. A hip-roofed porch extends across much of the main facade, supported by turned posts. Despite later alterations, it was one of the best-preserved houses of this type in the county.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1992.[1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database.[3]

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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 Ackins House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  3. ^ "Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-26.


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