Jay Lewis House

Jay Lewis House
Location 12 Fairview Dr., McGehee, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°38′13″N 91°24′33″W / 33.63694°N 91.40917°W / 33.63694; -91.40917Coordinates: 33°38′13″N 91°24′33″W / 33.63694°N 91.40917°W / 33.63694; -91.40917
Area less than one acre
Built 1955 (1955)
Architect Stone, Edward Durell
Architectural style Modern Movement
NRHP Reference # 04001501[1]
Added to NRHP January 20, 2005

The Jay Lewis House is a historic house at 12 Fairview Drive in McGehee, Arkansas. The two story wood frame house was built in 1955 to a design by Edward Durell Stone, an Arkansas native and a leading proponent of Modern architecture. It is the only Stone-designed house in Desha County, and one of only five in the state. The exterior of the house is clad in vertical cypress boards, with a porch that wraps completely around the house, and a breezeway connecting to a carport, built at the same time. The porch roof is supported by six Douglas fir beams. The interior of the house is based on Stone's Modernist reinterpretation of the traditional Arkansas dog trot form, with the central living/dining/kitchen area acting as the central element of that form. Other rooms of the house connect to this section, and are separated from it by Shōji screens. The house's basic design is similar to that of another house Stone designed in Englewood, New Jersey. The house is largely unchanged since its construction; one chimney has been replaced due to storm damage.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

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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 Jay Lewis House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-03-11.


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