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INDIVIDUAL DATA SHEET
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. . Genera 1 Descrj pti on
Code: PU-111 . Congressional Distrf ct: Second
Name: Johnson House Current Owner: ~ittle ROC^ Restorations, st
Address: 514 E. 8th c/oThomas E ; Wi lkes
Little ~ock, Arkansas Address : - - 1 --'51.1 E. 7th st.' =
County: Pulaski "* . . . -Little Rock, Arkansas 72202
Architectural Tn formati on .
Architectural Firm: Charles L, Thompson
ry Date of Construction: ea. 1900 Stylistic Influence: colonial ~evivhl
Original Use: Residence besent Use: Multi-family residence
* 514, 516, 518 E. 8th are a three-structure apartment car
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joined by a common courtyard and known as Cromell Court
MM Reference : 1s 567170/3844330 Acreage: MSS than one
' Verbal Boundary Description: Johnson's Additeon
Bhck 4, kt 9, 10, 11 . -
x Excellent -
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Deteriorated - - Rui ns
Unexposed -
Unal tered
x A1 tered
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Continuation shmt 247 Item number 7 & 8
Code: pu-111 (514 E. 8#, Little mck, AR)
Physical Description
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One of a group of three sLmilar rental houses on small lots along ~ast
8th Street, this two-story Fotkcsquare house, faced with.weathe&-boards,
and capped with hipped roof with flared eaves, was designed by Charles'.
Thompson around 1900. The house rests on a high brick 'foundation,
- adding to the vertical orientation. In this popular house type decoxation ,
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was focused at the dormer and on the, full-length front porches. -. . -
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The porch is supported by unfluted Ionic columns with brackets under the
eaves of the shed roofed porch. The central domw fe'tures a pediment
xoof with huvred vents framed by pilasters. ownst stairs sash windows
have one-over-one lig:?ts; upstairs windows have six-over-one lights,
Statement of Siqnificance
In about 191O;CharLes L. Thornpson designed three rent houses located at
514, 516 and 518 East Eight Street in Little Rock. Located in the
MacArthur Park Historic District, these houses have recently been restored
and are part of a complex known as Crornwell Court. Each house is a . .
variation of the American Foursquare desiqn and an integral part of a 1 -
group which represents one of the "most cohesive historic environments in
Little Fbck. It is the only such Foursquare group designed by Tho~.pson.
Following the Foursquare concept each house is two-story, square, and
capped with a hipped roof. All houses contain a two-story .projecting
bay and a one-story full length porch with similar Tuscan-like columns
and balustrade on the front facade. The windows and doors of each house
are identical in size and surrounded treatment. All three houses axe .
sheathed with weatherboards and set an a brick foundation.
Even though the houses are almst identical in massing, each house
contains its om particular set of classical decorative elements
which distinguish it from the others. Each house is an individualized
part of t!ne whole.