Estevan Hall is a historic house at 653 South Biscoe Street in
Helena, Arkansas
Helena is the eastern portion of Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas. It was founded in 1833 by Nicholas Rightor and is named after the daughter of Sylvanus Phillips, an early settler of Phillips County and the n ...
. With a construction history estimated to begin in the late 1820s, it is probably the oldest building in
Phillips County, Arkansas
Phillips County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas, in what is known as the Arkansas Delta along the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,568. The county seat is Helena–West ...
, and has been in the hands of the Hanks family, early settlers of Helena, throughout. It is an architecturally eclectic structure, the main style of which is derived from alterations in the 1870s which had a strong influence of the French architecture of
. It is set high on a ridge overlooking the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
, and has an expansive veranda typical of plantation houses further south. Its interior has been little altered since renovations and modernizations in 1919.
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 1974.
See also
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References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Houses completed in 1826
Houses in Phillips County, Arkansas
1826 establishments in Arkansas Territory
National Register of Historic Places in Phillips County, Arkansas
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