Block Realty-Baker House

Block Realty-Baker House
Location 1900 Beechwood,
Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°46′15″N 92°19′28″W / 34.77083°N 92.32444°W / 34.77083; -92.32444Coordinates: 34°46′15″N 92°19′28″W / 34.77083°N 92.32444°W / 34.77083; -92.32444
Area less than one acre
Built 1940
Built by Little Rock Builders
Architect Almand, John Parks
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 08000935[1]
Added to NRHP September 24, 2008

The Block Realty-Baker House is a historic house located at 1900 Beechwood in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Description and history

It is a 2-1/2 story masonry structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof. Wood-framed ells extend to the rear, which are finished in weatherboard. The front roof is pierced by four gabled dormers, and the entrance, set in at the center of the front facade, is recessed in an opening with flanking sidelight and transom windows. The opening is topped by an entablature with cornice. It was designed in Colonial Revival style by architect John Parks Almand and built about 1940 by the Block Realty Company.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2008.[1]

See also

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 Block Realty-Baker House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-25.


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