Benjamin T. Powell House
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Benjamin T. Powell House
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Location | 305 California Ave., Camden, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1859 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 74000485[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 21, 1974 |
The Benjamin T. Powell House is a historic house at 305 California Avenue in Camden, Arkansas. The two story wood frame house was built in 1859, and is one a few pre-Civil War cotton-magnate houses to survive in the city. The house has a cypress frame, and features a Classical Revival facade with a front gable supported by four round columns sheltering porches with ornamental iron railings. The house was used as a military headquarters by Union Army forces during the Civil War.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
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Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas
- Houses completed in 1859
- Houses in Ouachita County, Arkansas
- Buildings and structures in Camden, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita County, Arkansas
- Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs