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John P. Fisher House

Coordinates: 33°14′19″N 91°32′16″W / 33.23861°N 91.53778°W / 33.23861; -91.53778
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John P. Fisher House
John P. Fisher House is located in Arkansas
John P. Fisher House
Location in Arkansas
John P. Fisher House is located in the United States
John P. Fisher House
Location in United States
Nearest cityPortland, Arkansas
Coordinates33°14′19″N 91°32′16″W / 33.23861°N 91.53778°W / 33.23861; -91.53778
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.95001141[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1995

The John P. Fisher House is a historic plantation house on the shores of Bayou Bartholomew in Ashley County, Arkansas, west of the city of Portland. The two story wood frame Greek Revival house is located north of the junction of Arkansas Highway 160 and County Road 50, west of the bayou bridge. It is also known as the Moats House.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

History

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It was built c. 1850 for John Fisher, not long after Ashley County was organized, near the town of Alligator Bluff, which was located on the other side of the bayou, and which was later supplanted by Portland with the arrival of the railroad. It once served as a plantation house, for Fisher's plantation which was worked by enslaved people.[2] The property in 1939 still held a slave quarters, a cotton gin, a grist mill, and a blacksmith shop.[2] It is the only known antebellum Greek Revival house in the county.[2]

See also

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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. ^ a b c d Zollner, Patrick (September 29, 1995). "NRHP nomination for John P. Fisher House". Arkansas Preservation.