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Chisum House

Coordinates: 34°44′7″N 92°16′13″W / 34.73528°N 92.27028°W / 34.73528; -92.27028
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Chisum House
Chisum House is located in Arkansas
Chisum House
Location in Arkansas
Chisum House is located in the United States
Chisum House
Location in United States
Location1320 Cumberland, Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′7″N 92°16′13″W / 34.73528°N 92.27028°W / 34.73528; -92.27028
Arealess than one acre
Built1894 (1894)
Architectural styleQueen Anne
Part ofMacArthur Park Historic District (ID77000269)
NRHP reference No.75000403[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1975
Designated CPJuly 25, 1977

The Chisum House is a historic house at 1320 South Cumberland Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story frame structure, with a hip roof and an exterior sheathed in clapboards and decorative cut shingles. The roof is capped by a pair of finials, and there is a three-story square tower angled at one corner, topped by a bellcast roof and finial. The design is varied in the Queen Anne style, with multiple sizes and configurations of windows and porches, the latter featuring turned woodwork. Built in 1894, it is one of the city's relatively few Queen Anne Victorians. It was built for Jason Sowell, one of the city's leading families, in what was then Little Rock's most exclusive neighborhood.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Chisum House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 6, 2015.