The Isaac Block House is a historic house at 404 East Hamilton Street in Wynne, Arkansas. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, locally notable for its fine Queen Anne styling. On the exterior this is evident in the wraparound porch, the use of fish-scale wood shingles, a projecting gable with carved decoration, and projecting bays that are similarly decorated. The house was built in Wittsburg in about 1885 by Isaac Block, a merchant son of German Jewish immigrants. After the railroad bypassed Wittsburg, Block decided to move the house to Wynne, a feat accomplished in the early 1900s by cutting the house into sections and hauling them on oversized wagons to the present location.[2]
Isaac Block House | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 404 E. Hamilton St., Wynne, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°13′35″N 90°47′19″W / 35.22639°N 90.78861°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1885 |
| Built by | Block, Isaac |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000851[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 15, 1998 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[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 Isaac Block House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
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