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The Block Realty-Baker House is a historic house located at 1900 Beechwood in Little Rock, Arkansas.


Description and history

It is a -story masonry structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof. Wood-framed ells extend to the rear, which are finished in weatherboard. The front roof is pierced by four gabled dormers, and the entrance, set in at the center of the front facade, is recessed in an opening with flanking sidelight and transom windows. The opening is topped by an entablature with cornice. It was designed in Colonial Revival style by architect
John Parks Almand John Parks Almand (May 8, 1885 – March 24, 1969) was an American architect who practiced in Arkansas from 1912 to 1962. Among other works, he designed the Art Deco Hot Springs Medical Arts Building, which was the tallest building in Arkansas f ...
and built about 1940 by the Block Realty Company. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2008.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas, ...


References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas Houses completed in 1940 Houses in Little Rock, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas {{LittleRockAR-stub