Judge Benjamin Shaver House

Judge Benjamin Shaver House
Location 701 12th St., Mena, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°35′0″N 94°14′41″W / 34.58333°N 94.24472°W / 34.58333; -94.24472Coordinates: 34°35′0″N 94°14′41″W / 34.58333°N 94.24472°W / 34.58333; -94.24472
Area less than one acre
Built 1896 (1896)
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 79003431[1]
Added to NRHP December 6, 1979

The Judge Benjamin Shaver House is a historic house at 701 12th Street in Mena, Arkansas. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a hip roof that projects over a two-story porch. There are further stepped projectings beyond this, culminating in an gable section supported by Ionic columns, with a Palladian window in the pedimented gable end. The house was built in 1896, two years after Mena was incorporated by Benjamin Shaver, a prominent local lawyer and judge. The building is further notable for its association with his daughter Dorothy, who parlayed an early career as a dollmaker into become CEO of Lord & Taylor.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Judge Benjamin Shaver House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-10.


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