The Banks House is a historic house on

Arkansas Highway 72 Highway 72 (AR 72, Ark. 72, and Hwy. 72) is a designation for two east–west state highways in Benton County, Arkansas. A western route of runs east from Highway 43 at Maysville to U.S. Route 71B (US 71B) in Bentonville. A second r ...

west of

Hiwasse, Arkansas Hiwasse was an unincorporated census-designated place in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 497. It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) Hiwasse Bank Building, which is located at Main ...

. Built in 1900, it is a -story wood frame rendition of a double pen form more often found in log construction. It has weatherboard siding, a side gable main roof, and a wide single story front porch with round columns and a hip roof. A chimney rises at the eastern end, and an ell extends the house to the rear. It is a well-preserved local example of vernacular frontier architecture. The house was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1988.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Houses completed in 1900 Houses in Benton County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Arkansas 1900 establishments in Arkansas Double pen architecture in the United States {{BentonCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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