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]
Benjamin T. Powell House | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 305 California Ave., Camden, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°34′52″N 92°49′59″W / 33.58111°N 92.83306°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1859 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000485[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 1974 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[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 Benjamin T. Powell House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
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