The Absalom Fowler House is a historic house at 503 East 6th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, with a hip roof and a front portico supported by fluted Ionic columns and topped by a balustrade. The building is encircled by an entablature with modillion blocks and an unusual double row of dentil moulding giving a checkerboard effect. The house was built in about 1840 by Absalom Fowler, a lawyer prominent in the state's early history.[2] The house is now surrounded by a multi-building apartment complex.
Absalom Fowler House | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 503 E. 6th St., Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°44′30″N 92°16′41″W / 34.74167°N 92.27806°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1839 |
| Architect | Absalom Fowler |
| Part of | MacArthur Park Historic District (ID77000269) |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000387[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
| Designated CP | July 25, 1977 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Absalom Fowler House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
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