Washburn House

Washburn House
Location 40 Battles Loop, Guy, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°19′3″N 92°21′31″W / 35.31750°N 92.35861°W / 35.31750; -92.35861Coordinates: 35°19′3″N 92°21′31″W / 35.31750°N 92.35861°W / 35.31750; -92.35861
Area less than one acre
Built 1953 (1953)
Architectural style Mixed Masonry
MPS Mixed Masonry Buildings of Silas Owens, Sr. MPS
NRHP Reference # 06001279[1]
Added to NRHP January 23, 2007

The Washburn House is a historic house at 40 Battles Loop in Guy, Arkansas. It is a single story Ranch style house with a gabled roof. It has wood frame construction, but is finished in sandstone veneer with cream-colored brick trim, hallmarks of the construction style of a noted regional African-American mason, Silas Owens, Sr. who built this house in 1953. It features quoined brick surrounds for the doors and windows and a front porch whose roof is an extension of the main roof, with wrought iron posts.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[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 Washburn House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-27.


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