The Elms (Altheimer, Arkansas)

Coordinates: 34°18′15″N 91°50′33″W / 34.30417°N 91.84250°W / 34.30417; -91.84250
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The Elms
The Elms (Altheimer, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
The Elms (Altheimer, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
The Elms (Altheimer, Arkansas) is located in the United States
The Elms (Altheimer, Arkansas)
Location in United States
Nearest cityAltheimer, Arkansas
Coordinates34°18′15″N 91°50′33″W / 34.30417°N 91.84250°W / 34.30417; -91.84250
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1866 (1866)
Built byJones, Dr.Samuel Jordan
Architectural styleLouisiana raised cottage
NRHP reference No.78000596[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1978

Presently used as a waterfowl hunting lodge, The Elms is a historic plantation house in rural Jefferson County, Arkansas. Located a short way south of Altheimer, it is a 1+12-story raised Louisiana cottage, an architectural form that is extremely rare in Arkansas. It is a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, set on a raised basement. A porch extends across the front, with jigsawn balustrade, and the main roof is pierced by three gabled dormers. The house was built in 1866 by Dr. Samuel Jordon Jones.[2] Today, the house serves as the centerpiece of The Elms Lodges & Leases, a commercial duck hunting business.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for The Elms". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-13.

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