West House (Helena-West Helena, Arkansas)

West House
Location 229 Beech St., Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°31′39″N 90°35′33″W / 34.52750°N 90.59250°W / 34.52750; -90.59250Coordinates: 34°31′39″N 90°35′33″W / 34.52750°N 90.59250°W / 34.52750; -90.59250
Area less than one acre
Built 1900
Architect Clem Brothers Builders of St. L; ouis
Architectural style Colonial Revival
Part of Beech Street Historic District (#86003314)
NRHP Reference # 83001163[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 8, 1983
Designated CP January 30, 1987

The West House is a historic house at 229 Beech Street in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, built in 1900 for Mercer Elmer West by the Clem Brothers of St. Louis. The house exhibits stylistic elements of both the Colonial Revival, which was growing in popularity, and Queen Anne, which was in decline. It has a wide porch supported by Ionic columns, with a spindled balustrade. The house's corners are quoined. The main entry is flanked by slender columns supporting an architrave, and then by sidelight windows topped by a transom window. A Palladian window stands to the right of the door, and a bay window with a center transom of colored glass stands to the left.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for West House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-25.


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