icz I",zpWESENTATiBN 1N EXISTING SURVEYS - Clerk's Office ~CLASSIIFI CA~ON ~LOCATICN UP LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lena Dearing Shipman Dearing House

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "icz I",zpWESENTATiBN 1N EXISTING SURVEYS - Clerk's Office ~CLASSIIFI CA~ON ~LOCATICN UP LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lena Dearing Shipman Dearing House"

Alexina Sims
5 years ago
Views:

, UNAME SEE NSTRUCTtONS 1N NOW TO COMPLETE MTONAL ;FEGSTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRES -- COMPLETE

TOWN Highway 122 -NOT F08 PUBLtCAnOF) CONGRESSONAL OSTRCT N etrark,-vcnty OF Pi~st Sf ATE CODE -

N PROCESS X-YES: RESTRCTED,BENG CONSDERED,YES UNRESTRCTED -NO PRESE Nf USE,AGFtlCULTURE,MUSEUM

RELGlDVS AOMRNMENT -5CtEWTlFC -NDUSTRAL -TRANSPORTTON JLTARY,OTHER: -- MAXE STREET & NUMBER CTY.

1 , UNAME SEE NSTRUCTtONS 1N NOW TO COMPLETE MTONAL ;FEGSTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRES -- COMPLETE APPLlCA8LE SECTONS ANDJOR COMMON Dearing House UTY. TOWN Highway 122 -NOT F08 PUBLtCAnOF) CONGRESSONAL OSTRCT N etrark,-vcnty OF Pi~st Sf ATE CODE - COUNTY CODE Arkansas 05 X~depedence 063 ~CLASSF CA~ON CATEGORY OWEAERSHP STATU S -DS~F!C~,WDUC X-OCCUPED XRU!LDFGiS ZPR WATE,UNOCNPED -5TAUCTUAE -BOTH -WORK N PROGRESS,STE PU BLlC ACQUSTON ACCESSBLE -OBJECT A N PROCESS X-YES: RESTRCTED,BENG CONSDERED,YES UNRESTRCTED -NO PRESE Nf USE,AGFtlCULTURE,MUSEUM -COMFAERCEAL,PARK,EDUCATtQNht XLPRVA'SE RESSENE -ENTERTANMENT L.RELGlDVS AOMRNMENT -5CtEWTlFC -NDUSTRAL -TRANSPORTTON JLTARY,OTHER: -- MAXE STREET & NUMBER CTY. TOWh Lena Dearing Shipman Route 1 Nevrasl: (Mrs. E- E. Shipman) - ViCtFllTY OF ~LOCATCN UP LEGAL DESCRPTON STATE Arkansas COURTHOUSE. AEGSTRY OF DEEDSETC. - Clerk's Office STREET& NUMBER ndependence County Courthouse.- trw. TOWN STATE Bakesville Arkansas, icz ",zpwesentatibn 1N EXSTNG SURVEYS i i

CHECK ONE CHECKONE.,UUALTERE6 XA~RED,O~Gl~L SlTE OESCR BE THE PRESENT AND ORlGNAt (F KNOWN) PHYSCAL APPEARANCE The T.H. Akron, Arkansas. XMOVED DATE^=- Dearing House originated 6.

Dated photographs show that the first stoxey has remained unalterd since its construction; The exterior of the two-storey structure has remained virtually unchanged sbce 1914, - The Dearing House is

The basic floor plan has a central hall with four rooms on the South an3 two rooms on the north, The four room, second-storey addition lies above the east rooms.

2 CHECK ONE CHECKONE.,UUALTERE6 XA~RED,O~Gl~L SlTE OESCR BE THE PRESENT AND ORlGNAt (F KNOWN) PHYSCAL APPEARANCE The T.H. Akron, Arkansas. XMOVED DATE^=- Dearing House originated as a one-storey frane house in n 1901 the house was moved abut five miles to its present site. 3n 1914 a second storey was added which was architecturally in keeping with the original section. Dated photographs show that the first stoxey has remained unalterd since its construction; The exterior of the two-storey structure has remained virtually unchanged sbce 1914, - The Dearing House is a two-storey, Victorian-style residence. The ell-shape of the ttro-storey sectfon is modified by one-storey porches and projections on the muth and West elevations. The basic floor plan has a central hall with four rooms on the South an3 two rooms on the north, The four room, second-storey addition lies above the east rooms., The house is sheathed in narrow clapboard with' narxow vertical boards at each corner and a wide basebard over the upper portion of the stone foundation. Windows on the fkst storey are long and narrow with four-light double-hung sashes and a simple cornice. Upstairs windows are two-light sash with cornices identical to the lower -window cornices. The most interesting features of the house are the open porches on the east (front) and south elevations. Decorative woodwork cut in intricate patterns gives the porches their distinctive appearance, Trim on the tto first-storey porches is identical. Square posts with a turned section in,.. the diddle divide the porches into bays. mndrails rest above jigsaw~ut balusters. Brackets on the porch posts are cut in a sunburst-like pattern and. terminate in miniature penaants. Spindles. in each porch bay are set between a scroll pattern abwe and a serrated pattern beneath. Though similar, the second-storey porch is less Lntricately trimm~d than the first-storey porches. h - Other interesting features include the two-storey bay on the facade and the pattelrnd woodwork set into the east and soukheast gable ends. The multi-gable roof is capped with cresting. Because it has been continually occupied by members of khe family, the Dearing House has been well eared for and remains in excellent condition. The house rests on a spacious tree-shaded site, an appropriate setting for the community's most architecturally interesting structure,,

PEROD AREAS OF StGNlFlCANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTFY BELOW -!STOAC ARCHEOLOdY.

TERATURE,SCWLPTWRE -1 600- :E99 URCHTECWRE -EDUCATON ALTARY -S~QAVHUMAN?

DATES BU LDE WARCH TECf STATEMENT OF SGNEFCANCE n 1854 a post off ice was established at Big Bottom in ndependence county, Arkansas.

3 PEROD AREAS OF StGNlFlCANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTFY BELOW -!STOAC ARCHEOLOdY.PREHtSTORlC COMMUNTY PLANNrNG &NOSCAPE ARCHTECTURE,RELGON ARCHEOLOGY-HSTORC -CONSERVATON,LAW -SCENCE - ~zj' AGRCULTURE -ECONOMCS,L?TERATURE,SCWLPTWRE :E99 URCHTECWRE -EDUCATON ALTARY -S~QAVHUMAN?ATARAN A R T -ENGNEERNG,MUSC -THEATER -X LCOMMERCE APLORATiONtSE~LEMENT,PHLOSOPHY ZTM NSPORTATON -1 goo-,communca~ons JNDUSYW XPQUTCWGOVERNMENT -OTHER tsp CFY) AHVErnON SPECF lc DATES BU LDE WARCH TECf STATEMENT OF SGNEFCANCE n 1854 a post off ice was established at Big Bottom in ndependence county, Arkansas. As a eomercial port on the white River and a stagecoach stop between Jacksonport and Batesville, the carmunity grew into a small but ;@latively important commereiah center, ts name was Later changed to Akron. %%en the railrod passed 'north of Akron through the Mevrark community, the decline of the earlier settlement began. After reachins its peak population in the 1880% tth community began to diminish in size and commercial importance. Around the turn of the century several fires destroyed moat of its business district, thus hastening Akron's demise. Today the only physical. remains at the site of the old Rbon comnity consist of the cemetery, which overlooks the White River; however, one structure originally locatd in Akron, but since movea, is still standing. The T-H. Dearing House, built in Akron about 1890, was moved to Newark in This house symbolizes the general movement from river ports to railroad depots which occurreie often in late nineteenth-century Arkansas. Moreover, the. Dearing House is tangible evidence of Newark's ties to Akron. The Dearing House was built by Thomas Hindman Dearing as a residence for his large family. Though the exact construction date is not knagn, descahdaaks of the builder concur that it was probably constructed about n 1901 Dearing moved both his family and his house to the nearby community of Newark, Dearing was a farmer who was active in ndependence County politics, From 1894 to 1898 Re served as circuit clerk for ndependence County, and in 1911 he was apgointed sergeant-at-arms far Arkansas' 38th General Assembly. The house he built for his ecght children is nol:r owned by his youngest daughter, 1-lrs. Lena Dearing Shipman. The Dearing House is a white-frame, Victorian-style structure which, in 1914, was enlarged by the addition a a second storey. Several features give the house its distinctive appearanee;these include the ornately trimqed porches on the eastand south elevations, a two-storey b y on the east facade, metax cresting on the roof and deccrltive woodwnrk set into =e gable ends, Besicles being the most architecturally significant s kucture 5.n the rqewark coirnunity, the Dearing House is also one of the oldest skill stanzing. Architcctarally, thc Dearing House is one of the most important Vietarianstyle structures in ndependence County. Built by a fam~cr and pojitician, P

$tel) STATES DEPXRTMtN7-01: TFE NTER OR NATONAL PAFlK SERVCE NPArflDNAX, XEG35nR 03: fsxlstor31: PLACES NTENTORY -- MOMXNATON FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECE1VED \DATE ENTERED CONTNUATON SHEET TEM NUMBER 8$

4 .- rn h'o p-30ca ev. 10.7dl t;?tel) STATES DEPXRTMtN7-01: TFE NTER OR NATONAL PAFlK SERVCE NPArflDNAX, XEG35nR 03: fsxlstor31: PLACES NTENTORY -- MOMXNATON FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECE1VED \DATE ENTERED CONTNUATON SHEET TEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 1 the house typifies the tastes of such a man at the turn of the century. boving the house from a declining to a growing community representgd the shift: in poplation brought about by the railroad. The Dearfng House, as the last surviving structure from Old Akron, is a continual reminder of Newark' s heritage from the older community. UNTED STATES DEPARTMENT 01:TkE NTERQR ElATlCENAL PARK SERVCE NATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACZS BWO?ERTU BHOTOGXP2H FOXM, *....\ ;<,*,-,.. <,,,' *. -.. R'C'iV'? '....-,... e,.. :.,.,,.. r FOR NF'S USE ONLY... <...,;.,. : ,.,,i;:,. <-, ' A <. +."jf '?ATE ENTERED.,>'.,:,*,'.. - t SEE NSTRUCTONS N HOW 70 COr9!YPLETENAT/O/VAL REGS7ER FORh?S i TYPE ALL ENTRES -- ENCLOSE WTH PHOTOGRAPH? 1 HSTORC AND/OR COMMON Dearing House :*a - x:.- LOCATON cen. TOWN VMNW OF STATE COUNTY? Newark Arkansas ndependence 1 '0 REFEXEN425 PHWo CREDT Dianna Kirk i! NEG4flVE FLEDAT Arkansas Historic Preservation Program DESfRl3E WEW. ORECTCN. ETC F QSTRCT. GVE PVLOt4G NAME STREET PHOTO f!0 East facade and South elevation, viewed fraa the Sou thcast

Arkansas Gazette, April. 1, 2938. M~~innis, A.C. " First Post Offices of Big Bottoms." ndependence County Chronicle, Vol. T (January, 1961). shipman, Lena Dearing.

5 Arkansas Gazette, April. 1, M~~innis, A.C. " First Post Offices of Big Bottoms." ndependence County Chronicle, Vol. T (January, 1961). shipman, Lena Dearing. nterview at Dearing House, SeptemSer 5, ACREAGE OF NOMlNATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES 3 Acres ~ & 81 0) NORTHNG VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRPTON LST ALL STATES AND COUNTES FOR PROPERTES OVERLAPPNG STATE 051 COUNTY BOUNDARES. SKATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE $3~01~ s- Cv tjame / TT LE ORGANlZATlON STREETS NUMBER CTY OR TOWN P3EPmED BY Dianna Kirk, Historian. OAT E Arkansas Historic Preservation Prosram TELEPHONE 300 West Elarkha TASE Little Rock Arkansas > ~~~SSTATE HSTOXC PRESERVATON OFFCER CERTFCATON THE EVALUATED SGNFCANCE OFTHS PROPERm WliH N THE STATE S: NATONAL STATE - LOCALL As the designated State Htstoric Preservation Officer for the Nat~onal H~storic Presenalion Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-GGFi). 1 t~eteby nominate this property fur inclusion in the National Register evalus:ed aecardina to the t,dl k... *.,. criteria and Drace Jures set n"*:r--l D-..t. emn,:rr* STATE HSTORC nrrr-rrmtar Stat, p r i c Preservation Officer ~FOS NPS USE ONL,. L= U!=-DAL~ 4-2-w* J, '.... <.L -,*, :ERE&Y CEnTlFY THAT f HlS PZOPEF'P/ ts NCLUDED N THE NATE0r:AL REGSTER DATE -.. OtA ECTOZ. OFFCE QF ARCHEOLOGY AND H\ST~!C PRESERVATOX DATE 1 XEEFER OPT HE NATONAL REGSTER 1 A

. U N'EU STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NTEKOK NATONAL PARK SERVCE PiATiQNAL REGSrEX 10'1: HSTORC PLACES PROPERTY BHQTOGRAPH FOXPA. FOR EiPS USE ONLY,. ;.. : :,,,;,':......<. -.,-.,7:<->+ :, ;-*<. e, A.

...,,,:> -....,. -.,, <-,,,?,, :.; : :,, :, ;., :, " -. -.,.".,., ;.!.:,,;;; ;>. :;,,, < ::7,.;,,,L$,,,- ><:!.,,,v,. >: :, DAj-E'~~~~fi~~'':.', '. >.,.?%,':<,;.. <-,, C.

fOWN VCNlTY OF STATE COUNTY : Newark Arkansas ndependence 1 g] PHOTO REFERENCE :a PHOTO CRED~T Dianna Kirk DATE OF PHOTO 197 5 NEGATVE FLED AT Arkansas Historic Pr eservatian Program * -3 DEMTFl

7 . U N'EU STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NTEKOK NATONAL PARK SERVCE PiATiQNAL REGSrEX 10'1: HSTORC PLACES PROPERTY BHQTOGRAPH FOXPA. FOR EiPS USE ONLY,. ;.. : :,,,;,':......<. -.,-.,7:<->+ :, ;-*<. e, A.;~:-!<-? :., ,> , -,:'.;.,'::,...., :; >! keciev~$'..: - ':,;,,..,...,..*,. <;.,.. Y.-.: ' -.:,,.<,; -, A"-,<,,,j,,.- :-;>,:!.:; -.._.. -. ',,,,,,. - >*<;.'.*..,,;,..,.. ' : '....,,,:> -....,. -.,, <-,,,?,, :.; : :,, :, ;., :, " -. -.,.".,., ;.!.:,,;;; ;>. :;,,, < ::7,.;,,,L$,,,- ><:!.,,,v,. >: :, DAj-E'~~~~fi~~'':.', '. >.,.?%,':<,;.. <-,, C... ANOlOA COMMON fq L- LOCATON SEE NSTRUCTONS N HOW TO COr'dPLEfc'flATlOVAL REGSTER FORMS TYPE ALLENTRES -- ENCLOSE WTH PHOTOGRAPH. - 1 Dearing House. CTY.fOWN VCNlTY OF STATE COUNTY : Newark Arkansas ndependence 1 g] PHOTO REFERENCE :a PHOTO CRED~T Dianna Kirk DATE OF PHOTO NEGATVE FLED AT Arkansas Historic Pr eservatian Program * -3 DEMTFl CATON OESCRlEEVEumV. DAECTON. ETC. F DSTRCT. GfVE BULDNG NAME & STREET c photograph of house, East facade PHOTO NO. 2 *!,-.! 1 t 1 i E! 0.301s 4) 'U NTED STrjT'ES DEPARTMENT OF THE NTEROK NATONAL PARK SERVCE ' NATONAL REGSTER OF HSTOXC PLACES PROPERTY PEOTOGRAPH FORM a NAME HSTORC AND/OR COMMON a LOCATON CTY, TOWN SEE 'NSTRUCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETE NATlOPJdL REGSTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRES --ENCLOSE WTH PHOTOGRAPH Deasing House Newark ;<] ='.. PXQTO REFERENCE VCNTY OF COUNTY ndepend enee,photo CREDT Dianna Kirk DATE OF PHOTO 1975 STATE Arkansas?rEGATlVE FLED AT Arkansas Historic reservation Progr2m ~ESCRBE VnV, DtRECT l3n. ETC 1F DSTACT. CWE '3UCDiNG KAME & STREET PHOTD KO Pnrch detail. Nerthcast corner 3

LOCATION NAME CLASSIFICATION LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 2 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ----

LOCATION NAME CLASSIFICATION LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 2 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ---- Ll STED STXTtS DEPxKTblENT OF THE NTEROR NATONAL PARK SERVCE NATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEVEO NVENTORY -- NOMNATON FORM 2 NAME HSTORC AND/OR COMMON SEE NSTRUCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETE