Isaac Block House

Isaac Block House
Location 404 E. Hamilton St., Wynne, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°13′35″N 90°47′19″W / 35.22639°N 90.78861°W / 35.22639; -90.78861Coordinates: 35°13′35″N 90°47′19″W / 35.22639°N 90.78861°W / 35.22639; -90.78861
Area less than one acre
Built 1885 (1885)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 98000851[1]
Added to NRHP July 15, 1998

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]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Isaac Block House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-12.


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