Ward-Hays House

Ward-Hays House
Location 1008 W. 2nd St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′56″N 92°16′54″W / 34.74889°N 92.28167°W / 34.74889; -92.28167Coordinates: 34°44′56″N 92°16′54″W / 34.74889°N 92.28167°W / 34.74889; -92.28167
Area less than one acre
Built 1886 (1886)
NRHP Reference # 75000412[1]
Added to NRHP August 11, 1975

The Ward-Hays House is a historic house at 1008 West 2nd Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, distinguished by a massive front portico, with two-story fluted Ionic columns supporting an elaborate entablature and cornice. The house was built in 1886 for the son Zeb Ward, by prison labor provided by the Arkansas State Penitentiary, which Ward headed at the time. Its second owner was John Quitman Hays, a prominent railroad engineer.[2]

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

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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 Ward-Hays House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-23.


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