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 becoming CEO of Lord & Taylor.[2]
Judge Benjamin Shaver House | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 701 12th St., Mena, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°35′0″N 94°14′41″W / 34.58333°N 94.24472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1896 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003431[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 6, 1979 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[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 Judge Benjamin Shaver House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
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