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Property Name	President's House
Reference Number	13000315
State	Arkansas
County	Columbia
Town	Magnolia
Street Address	South Side of East Farm Road east of Washington Street
Multiple Property Submission Name	N/A
Status	Listed 5/28/2013
Link to full file	http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000315.pdf

The former Southern Arkansas University President's House, located on the campus of Southern Arkansas University, in Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas, is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C with local significance for its importance as a good residential example of the Mid-Century Modern style of architecture. Built in 1958, and designed by the noted Arkansas firm of Wittenberg, Delony and Davidson, the President's House represented a departure from the Colonial Revival style that had been used for most other of the university's buildings at the time. Referred to as the Contemporary style in McAlester's A Field Guide to American Houses the President's House exhibits many of the characteristics of the style, including wide overhangs, a flat roof, contrasting wall materials and textures, and unusual window shapes and placements.

 

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