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ARKANSAS
HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
PROGRAM
ARKANSAS ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES FORM
1. Resource Number:
2. Survey Number:
3. District Name: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4. Contributing/Non-Contributing: H
ABOVE FOR AHPP USE ONLY
5. Date Recorded: �2J
GENERAL
DATA
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6. Recorded By: T1 11R1t-11 PILEI L
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Geographic Location:
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UTM Coordinates:
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Town/Nearest Community:
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Owner Address:
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Owner Phone Number:
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DESCRIPTIVE DATA
19. Use/Original: 10111611 Other:
r 20. Use/Present: 10131611 Other:
�- 0101-Single Family Dwelling 0102-Multi-Family Dwelling 0301-General Retail Store
0308-Bank 0401-Church 0601-School 9800-Structure Aban/Unocc. 9900-Other
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21. Setting: Lpi Other:
1-Rural, Undisturbed 2-Ruml, Built -Up 3-Urban Encroachment 4-Small Town 5-Urban
9-Other
22.Threats to Property: U Other:
1-None/Property Stable 2-Neglect/Detenomtion 5-Private Development
7-Urban Encroachment 9-Other
23. Total Number of Site Features: OI 10101
(e.g. concrete walls, ponds, statuary)
24. Total Number of Ancillary Structures: P 010
(e.g. outbuildings, etc.)
25. Style Influence: Primary: 1019 Secondary: Other:
01-Plam/Tmditional 04-Greek Revival 05-Italianate 09-Queen Anne/Eapdake 10-Classical Revival
15-Craftsman 19-Art Madame 24-English Revival 25-Colonial Revival 26-Amencan Foursquare
21-Standard Commercial Igv Century 22-Standard Commercial 2e Century 18-Art Deco 99-Other
26. Plan: Other:
01-One Room/single-pen 03-Double-pen 04-Dogtrot '- 05-Single Pile w/Centml Hall
07-Rectangular 08--Square 09-6regular 11-T-shaped 12-L-shaped 99-Other
27. Height (Stories): Other:
01-One 02-One & One -Half 03-Two 04-Two & One -Half 99-Other
28. BasementtCellac U Other:
1-Full 2-Partial 3-No Cellar 8-Unknown
29. Wings and/or Projections: A PL Ell I C H Other: -
01-Rear Shed 02-RearL 03-RearT 04-Side 05-Prow, 08-Bay Projection 99-Other
30. Construction: A LOA B IJ Other:
01-Log 06-Frame 07-Box 08-Brick 09-Stone 12-Reinforced Concrete 99-Other
31, Wall Material/Original: A 101151 BUJ Other:
32. Wall Material/Present: A lb 16j1 B Other:
OLLog 02-Weatherboard 03-Novelly Siding
10-Stucco 12-Cut Stone 13-Field Stone
04-Board/Batten 05-Brick 09-Synthetic Siding
14-Asbestos 97-Unknown 99-Other
33. Roof Type(s): A LOU B I I I C JLJ Other:
01-Gable 02-Gable w/Pampet 03-Clipped Gable 04-Gable on Hip 06-Hip
07-Pyramid 08-Gambrel 12-Flat 13-Flat w/Pampet 99-Other
34. Roof Features (if present): A 10101 B I Other:
01-Dormerls) 02-Steeple 03-Cupola 04-Cresting 05-Clock Tower 07-Tower/runet
08-Belfry 99-Other
35. Roof Materials: A L t+ B I I J Other:
61-Wood 02-Composition Shingle 03-Metal 05-Tile 06-Tar Built-up 99-Other
36. Chimney Placement: A L� B U C I D J Other:
1-Extenor End 2-Intenor End 3-Other Extenor 4-Interior Central 5-Otherintedor 9-Other
37. Chimney Material: A U B U C U D U Other:
1-Brick 4-Cut Stone 5-Field Stone 6-Metal 7-Other
38. Foundation Type: A U Other:
1-Continuous 2-Piers 9-Other
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39. Foundation Material: A I Other:
1-Wood Block 2-Stone 3-Bnck 4-Cast Concrete 5-Concrete Block 9-01her
40. Porch Type(s): A 10 1'21 B h' C LQa Other:
01-Full, Front 02-Three-quarter, Front 03-One-Bay, Central Front 05-Wrap-around
06-Awning 07-0ne-Hal/, Front 06-Recessed, Front 09-Side 10-Full, Rear 99-Other
41. Porch Height (Stories): A U B U C U Other:
1-One 2-0ne & One -Half 3-Two 4-Two & One -Hal/ 9-Other
42. Porch Roof Type(s): A U B I'H C.[+j Other. 1-Gable 2-Hip 3-Flat 4-Shed 5-Clipped Gable 9--Otther
43. Porch Detail(s): A �21 B �2 �C 1� Other:*11*0y' 7 bJ
01-Chamfered Pots 02-Tumed Pwts 03-Columns 04-Balustrade 05-Wood Ornament
06-1-Vice 08-Columns on Piers 11-Posts 13-Screened-in 99-Other
44. Window Type(s): A LU B C U Other:
1-Double-hung 2-Triple-hung 3-Casement 4-Stationary 9-Other
45. Light/Pane Arrangement: A LLJ / AL f a 1016 / LO •C L�_J / �J
46. Condition: U
1-Excellent 2-Good 3-Fair 4-Detennorated 5-Ruin 1- �
47. Architectural Comments:.- An KA 11 *A6de "�Vc tytf wl t1tom )
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HISTORIC DATA
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49. Builder: IIA111JKlY1MIAKII I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
50. Construction Date: U C-circa D-date 1118181 1 Other: / /
51. Historic Context: ' 'yyp,(t,{-(m rQs irklrl ice �( JamN44 k,1 ka,;1
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52. Please rate the level.of significance of this property compared to others within survey area:. U
1-Very Significant 2-Moderately Significant 3-Significant Within a Group Context
4-Marginaf 5-Non-Significant
53. Are any significant archeological features located on the property? IV 1 t10 NE KNO WIA
54. Ethnic Heritage: A 01051 B " Other:
01-Asian 02-African American 03-Eumpean 04-Hispanic 05-Native American 09-01her
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3-Listed 4-Delisted 5-Arkansas Register 6-Eligible in a District
56. Destroyed: (Y or N) LI Date:
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ARKANSAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION SURVEY
INVENTORY FORM
Inventory Number:
NAME
Common: WELCH -CHERRY HOUSE -_Count PULASKI
CHERRY HOUSE c 1880
And/or Historic: Date Built:-- -
LOCATION:
Street and Number 700 ROCK STREET
City or Town: LITTLE ROCK —
Owner's Name: FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH Street and Number:314 E. 8TH__
City or Town:
LITTLE ROCK �ta[e: ARKANSAS
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DESCRIPTION AND CATEGORY (Check One or More)
Historic: K Architectural: K Archeological Cultural:
District:_-- Site: Building: % —Structure:—Object:-
Describe: SEE ATTACHED INFORMATION —
Approximate Acreage: LESS THAN ONE
Period/Style: ITALINATE VICTORIA rchitect: —Builder:
Wall Construction: —No. of Stories:_
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (Include Personages, Dates, Events, Etc.)
SEE ATTACHED INFORMATION
DOCUMENTATION
References:
Prepared by: --- DIANNA KIRK Organization: AHPP Date: 1975
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TRADITION BREEDS STABILITY `a 6 ,� d
When I came to the Cherry House as a child occasionally to a _
birthday party and in the 19501's when my mother and Itook Mrs. Cherry to
political meetings, I never thought -that I was visiting a house years later-
to be named "historic spot" and certainly I never dreamed would be a
speaker when a plaquesodesignating it was being presented.
Along with countless others I thought of this house as just
another beautiful home in "old .Little Rock" andgave little consideration
to what -the house could mean to historic Little Rock and the preservation
movement which was to come later.
-- It is only by a stroke of Sate" or maybe the will of God, that
the house -is still standing. The First Lutheran Church intended to use this
.and adjoining property it owned for a new school to ready at least by 1968. The the city moved West,and so did the young people with children. The church
wisely decided to build the school now composed of 9grades and a kindergarten -.
on South Hughes - and the old house was spared.
We are happy the church made this decision because here the house
stands, even if not in its glory, to lend stability to an everchanging part
of the city. With its Italianate-Victorian architecture, its rooms decorated
with ornate moldings, high ceilings, windows reaching the floor, mantle pieces`
of ceramicRockwood pottery, fitted bookcases, corner what-nots,double sliding
doors and ceiling fans -it stands as an outstanding example of a background for
the gracious living otits era..
From the point of view of history alone, the house and property here.
. are significant.. Margaret Frick, formerly a member of let Lutheran, now a
_translator for the-Wycliff Bible Translators, thought so too.. Her feature -
article in the Arkansas Democrat, December 28,. 1958,gave the historical back-
ground of the house, and many of the facts I am going to tell you come from
her research.
This land is historically linked with men and events of Territori.
days. It w.;s homesteaded by 7 men. It is described as aparcel. of land some
half mile inland from the river, immediately west of the Quapaw Line, the lin-
dividing the Indian's land from the boundary of Little Rock. The line mark-
ing that boundary is said to be Rock Street.- The 7 men, all known in Arkansas
history were William Russell, William Trimble, Henry W. Conway, Robert Crittende
Robert C. Odes, Thomas Eskridge and Joseph Hardin Crittenden, for whom the Count
in East Arkansas is named, lived where the Albert Pile Hotel is now.
- OnPorch11, 1822, 14 years before Arkansas became a State, a deed for
the land was conveyed to Chester Ashley.. As time went on and the, town grew
the property changed hands many times. -Carl Keller will give you a run down on
that.
Courtrecordsshow that in 1884 the property on which the house stands
was in the hands of Dr. Thomas R. Welch, minister of the 1st Presbyterian Church
for 25 years. Miss Fricke" article stated that it was thought the house was
.built for him in 1874. I believe that this must have been a misprint in her
article because in my researchofan 1883-81, City Directory I find Dr..:Welch `
living at 612 East -5th. And also the amount Dr. Welch paid for the property
in 1884 was such that we can conclude -there was -no house on it at the -time -I
remembermy mother,.. the late Emma Reichardt Hoeltzel, telling -me that the
-.house was built 'when she was a child. She. was born March 1,. 1875.
- The story of the owner of this house impressed me as a child because
his name was the same as that of the. street on which our old home, the Edward
Reichardt house, was standing - yes, my street, Welch Street., was named for
Dr. Welch, who was a prominent Mason, along with Barber,McAlmont and McGowan,
for whom other streets nearby were named in the Masonic addition to Little Rock
.
When Dr. Welch died, he left the house and land to the directors of
the Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tenn. In 1892 the
school sold the property to Lewis W. Cherry for $'18,500. Final papers on the
transaction are dated May 21, 1907, according to Miss Frick.
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Mr. Cherry had come to Little Rock from Memphis in 1885 and accordin,
to the 1887 City Directory boarded at 1302 Cumberland and was secretary for th(
Drystal coal and Ice Company at 403 Main. Later he was Vice President of the
Peoples Building & Loan and still later Pres. of the State NationalBankat
500 Main. In 1891 Mr. Cherry married Miss Line Denison. Miss Frick reports tt
Hiss Denison was born and reared in the house on the Southwest corner of 6th
& Rock. Mr. Cherry died in 1922. He left the property to his wife, who lived
in this house 65 years until her death at age 84 on October 21, 1957.
The 2 lots South of the house, now parking space, were not part of
the Welch - Cherry transaction. Miss Frick's research shows that in 1909
Mrs. Cherry received title to them at a cost of $7,250 from John Boddeker. Rec
show that Boddeker received ownership of the lots in 1880 from William B. Wait,
who owned themas far back at 1870. At the price of $7,250 Mrs. Cherry paid,
:.there must have been a house on the lots, which the Cherrys tore do-.m for gardei
space. I will remember asayoung girl the beautiful gardens on the South.
They were a real show place for passers-by, and according to Mrs. Fm. A.
McDonnell of St. Louis, Mrs. Cherry's daughter, the Cherry's gardens were
once so beautiful they took a state prize,.
In a telephone conversation Wednesday, January 8, Mrs. Ann Cherry,
-widow of Lewis W. Cherry, Jr., I learned that Mrs. Cherry left this and all
her other properties in a trust, to be used equally by her three children:
Lewis, Jr., Carolyn, and Denison.- It was.through a long-standing "neighbor"
agreement that let Lutheran, for 90 years at Sth and Rock, -was able to buy,
this property from the estate.
Sp here we have the Cherry home today, standing as Stella Payne Crow
described it in a poem published in the Democrat with Margaret Frick's article,.
"Fading Landmark". Here is the poem. I wrote it:-
The Old Cherry Home Speaks
Why should I wish to linger on
-- in a changing world with loved ones gone?
'For decades I have faced Rock Street ..
With open doors, so all could greet '
The many friends from far and near.
-Oh, ,those were joys of yester year. -
Old houses, too- can dream you know, And keep a cherished memory - -
Like that of sly dear family -
- Whose heirs will yield me to expand
For future progress on this land.
` Why should I wish to linger on -
-'In a changing world, with loved ones gone?
Stella Payne Crow ..
But: it is necessary that the Welch - Cherry House and other like it
linger on. Future generations have a right to know what part of Little Rock
was the "Pleasant Valley" of the last quarter of the last century, what the
best architects and decorators of the period produced, how house construction --
furnished its own air-conditioning, and what the signs of gracious living were.
Yes, my friends, all this is history, just as much as Little Rock's part in
four wars, Mac Arthur's birthplace in the Arsenal Building, the events in the
Territorial Center, the construction of two State Capitols yes, houses are
history too. Don't let us forget it.
We of the Quapaw Quarter Association and many other citizens hope
the Welch - Cherry House Will stand for years to come in a section of Little R,
that can reflect our past for our children and grandchildren, along with the
Lincoln House, the Pike Fletcher - Terry 1'ansion and other houses on 7th St.,
and in the immediate neighho.rhiDdi. Future generations should know that th.ir
forebearers built sturdily, that people }n high rises, in an aprtment
jungle, surrounded by plaster. Thanks to 1st Lutheran for keeping this
house for us all. Let us agree with a December 1974 statement in Nation's
Business Week: "Tradition Breeds Stability" -
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