Dean House (Texarkana, Arkansas)

Dean House
Location 1520 Beech St., Texarkana, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°26′19″N 94°2′19″W / 33.43861°N 94.03861°W / 33.43861; -94.03861Coordinates: 33°26′19″N 94°2′19″W / 33.43861°N 94.03861°W / 33.43861; -94.03861
Area less than one acre
Built 1911 (1911)
Architectural style Colonial Revival
Part of Beech Street Historic District (#09001254)
NRHP Reference # 76000433[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 12, 1976
Designated CP January 21, 2010

The Dean House is a historic house at 1520 Beech Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood frame house, built in 1911 for Thomas Mercer Dean, a local farmer and lumberman. Its principal distinguishing feature is its large Colonial Revival portico, with paired two-story Tuscan columns supporting an elaborate entablature. Porches wrap around the north and east sides of the house, and there is a port-cochere at the southern corner.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,[1] and it was included in the Beech Street Historic District in 2010.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Dean House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-09.


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