Averitt House
National Register of Historic Places

Averitt House

Mount Pleasant, Miller County, Arkansas
Listed
July 23, 1992
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
92000958

About this property

The Averitt House is a historic house in the rural central part of Miller County, Arkansas. It is a single-story log structure, located about 7 miles (11 km) south of Texarkana on the west side of United States Route 71. It was built in 1931-33 by Tom Averitt, the local health inspector at the time, and is a locally unique example of rustic log architecture. It is roughly L-shaped, with a shed-roof porch on its northeastern facade. A single fieldstone chimney rises through the roof near the junction of the L. The walls are made of unfinished logs joined by saddle notches. The logs for its construction were supposedly taken by clearing the site on which it stands. Not far from the house stands a garage, also built by Averitt from logs. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Location

Mount Pleasant, Miller County, Arkansas
33.34731, -93.96438

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Miller County Courthouse
Industrial
6.6 mi
Texarkana Union Station
Industrial
6.8 mi
Ritchie Grocery Building
Industrial
6.8 mi
Hopkins Feed and Seed Store
Industrial
6.8 mi
Texarkana, Arkansas, Municipal Building
Civil War
6.8 mi

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When was Averitt House listed on the National Register?

Averitt House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1992.

What type of historic resource is Averitt House?

Averitt House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Averitt House?

The period of significance for Averitt House is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1931.

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