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United States Department of the Interiar E
Natlonal Park Senrice
qational Register of Historic Places --
tventory-Nomination Form
Contimation &mi4 248 ~~~mb~ 1, 2, 4, 6 &lo Paw 1
INDIVIDUAL DATA SHEET
Genera 1 Des cri ptf on
Code : m-112 Congressional Distrtct: Second
Name : ~ohnsori House
516 E. 8th
Current Owner: Little Rock Restorations, Ltd.
Address : Xttle mck, Arkansas cLo Thomas E. Wines -. Addwss : 511 E. 7th Street
County: Pulaski -~ittle Rock, Arkansas 72202
Archi tectural Infomti on
Arch1 tectural Ff m: Charles L, Thompson
Date of Constructjon: ca. 1900 Sty1 s tf c I nfl uenee : colonial &viva1
Ori gj rial Use: Residence Pr'esent Use: ~ulti-family residence
* 514, 516, 518 E. 8th are a three-structure apartment complex
joined by a connon courtyard and known as Crcmell Court
GeoqraphS cal Infomati on
UTM Reference: 15 567210 J3844330 Acreage: Less than one
Verbal Boundary DescrS pti on : ohs son^ s Addition
Block 4, Lots 9, 10, 11
x Excellent - Good - Fair -
Deteri orated - Ruins
Unexposed -
Unaltered
TAI - tered
-- United States Department of the Interior
National Park Senrice
Code: PU-112 - 1516-E. Sth, Littli Rock, AR)
Phys i cal Des cri pti on - ~
This house is the middle one of a group of three simiZar two-story
houses on small Lots at 514, 516 and 518 East 8th Street in Little Rock.
All were designed by Charles Thompson around 1900. The hxy proportions
of this Foursquare house with hipped mf are broken by a two-story
cross gable with prominent gable returns which projects from the front
elevation, Lighting this section on the second story are three plate
glass sash windows capped by wide plain cornice decorated with semi-
circular wood panel. The full length fxont porch is supported by Tuscan
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columns. The sash windows have one-over-one lights, -
Statement of Si qni f i cance
In about 1910, Charles I,. Thompson desiqed three rent houses located at
514, 516 and 518 East Eighth Street in Little Rock. Located in the
HacArthur Park Historic District, these hoises have recently been restored
and are part of. a complex known as Cronrwell Court. Each house is a \. variation of the American Fausquare design and an integral part of a
group which represents one of the most cohesive historic environments in
Little Rock. It is the only such Foursquare group Cesigned by Thompson.
Following the Foursquare concept each house is two-story, square, and
capped with a hipped rwf. 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 dwrs of each house
are identical in size and surrounded treatment. All three houses are
sheathed with weatherboards and set on a brick foundation.
Even though the houses are almost identical in massing, each house
contains its own particular set of classical decorative elements
which distinguish it from the others. Each house is an individualized
part of the whole,