Absalom Fowler House

Absalom Fowler House
Location 502 E. 7th St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′30″N 92°16′41″W / 34.74167°N 92.27806°W / 34.74167; -92.27806Coordinates: 34°44′30″N 92°16′41″W / 34.74167°N 92.27806°W / 34.74167; -92.27806
Area less than one acre
Built 1839 (1839)
Architect Fowler,Absalom
Part of MacArthur Park Historic District (#77000269)
NRHP reference # 73000387[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 4, 1973
Designated CP July 25, 1977

The Absalom Fowler House is a historic house at 502 East 7th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, with a hip roof and a front portico supported by fluted Ionic columns and topped by a balustrade. The building is encircled by an entablature with modillion blocks and an unusual double row of dentil moulding giving a checkerboard effect. The house, built about 1840 by Absalom Fowler, a lawyer prominent in the state's early history.[2] The house is now surrounded by a multi-building apartment complex.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

Absalom Fowler House, circa 1904

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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 Absalom Fowler House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-21.


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