Ackins House
Ackins House | |
![]() ![]() Location in Arkansas | |
Nearest city | Floyd, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°11′31″N 91°58′1″W / 35.19194°N 91.96694°WCoordinates: 35°11′31″N 91°58′1″W / 35.19194°N 91.96694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1880 |
Architectural style | Vernacular, Single Pile, Central Hall Plan |
MPS | White County MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 91001322[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 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]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Ackins House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ^ "Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Houses completed in 1880
- Houses in White County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in White County, Arkansas
- Central hall plan architecture
- White County, Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs