Denison House
National Register of Historic Places

Denison House

West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas
Listed
October 31, 1996
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
96001132

About this property

The Denison House is a historic house at 427 Garland Avenue in West Helena, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure with a broad and shallow hip roof with wide hip-roof dormers, built in 1910 by J. W. Denison, West Helena's first mayor. It has a wraparound porch supported by Tuscan columns.

Location

427 Garland Ave.
West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas
34.54582, -90.64048

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 96001132. It was listed on October 31, 1996.

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

Gemmill-Faust House
Industrial
0.6 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Helena, Arkansas
1863Civil War
3.1 mi
Battle of Helena (Arkansas 1863)
1863Civil War
3.1 mi
Helena AR River Operations
1863Civil War
3.2 mi
Union Occupation of Helena (1862)
1862Civil War
3.2 mi
Confederate Sortie from Helena (pre-July 1863)
1863Civil War
3.2 mi

Questions about this property

When was Denison House listed on the National Register?

Denison House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1996.

What type of historic resource is Denison House?

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

What is the period of significance for Denison House?

The period of significance for Denison House is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1910.

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