Frank Carmean was an architect in

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

. Not formally trained as an architect, but rather experienced in building construction, he became a designer. He joined a firm in 1927 that was developing the Edgemont residential area of

Little Rock ( The "Little Rock") , government_type = Council-manager , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_party = D , leader_title2 = Council , leader_name2 ...

, and is believed to have designed all but one of the 16 homes in the development. The firm billed him as their "architect", and he toured to collect new designs. He introduced or expanded the use of Spanish Colonial architecture in Little Rock. He often worked with builder

Justin Matthews Justin Matthews (1876–1955) was an Arkansas road and bridge builder and real estate developer. He helped to design and expand many areas in central Arkansas. Background Matthews was born in 1876 near Monticello, Arkansas. He was formally train ...

. More than a dozen of his works survive and are 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 ...

. Some of his work is

Bungalow/Craftsman architecture In the United States, the National Register of Historic Places classifies its listings by various types of architecture. Listed properties often are given one or more of 40 standard architectural style classifications that appear in the National ...

and was covered in a study of Pre-Depression buildings in Edgemont, in Park Hill, in

North Little Rock, Arkansas North Little Rock is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, across the Arkansas River, Arkansas from Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock in the central part of the state. The population was 64,591 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. In 2 ...

. Works (and credits) include: * Cherry House, 217 Dooley Rd.,

, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed *

Edgemere Street Bridge The Edgemere Street Bridge is a historic bridge in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It carries Edgemere Street over a small part of Lakewood Lake Number Three. It is a masonry structure with closed spandrels, and has a span of about and a total length ...

, Edgemere St., at Lake No. 3, North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Joseph E. England Jr. House, 313 Skyline Dr., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Jeffries House (North Little Rock, Arkansas), 415 Skyline Dr., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Kleiber House, 637 Skyline Dr., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Lake No. 1 Bridge, Avondale Rd., over Lake No. 1, North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed *

Lakeshore Drive Bridge The Lakeshore Drive Bridge carries a closed-off portion of Lakeshore Drive across a tributary stream on the west side of Lake Number 3 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a stone arch bridge with closed spandrels and a total structure length of ...

, Lakeshore Dr. at Lake No. 3, North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Matthews House (North Little Rock, Arkansas), 406 Goshen, North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Matthews-Bradshaw House, 524 Skyline Dr., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed *

Matthews-Bryan House The Matthews-Bryan House is a historic house at 320 Dooley Road, North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story masonry structure, built in the English Revival style in 1930 by the Justin Matthews Corporation as part of its Park Hill development ...

, 320 Dooley Rd., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Matthews-Dillon House, 701 Skyline Dr., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Matthews-Godt House, 248 Skyline Dr., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Matthews-MacFadyen House, 206 Dooley Rd., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Owings House, 563 Skyline Dr., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Roundtop Filling Station, Intersection of Roundtop and Trammel Roads, Sherwood, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed * Waterside Street Bridge, Waterside St. near jct. with Jacksonville Blvd., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) * Young House (North Little Rock, Arkansas), 436 Skyline Dr., North Little Rock, AR, (Carmean, Frank) *One or more works in

Park Hill Historic District The Park Hill Historic District encompasses the first suburban residential subdivision of the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas. It covers in a geographically central part of the city, bisected by JFK Boulevard, and roughly bounded on the no ...

, roughly bounded by Plainview Circle, Crestview Blvd., Ridge St. and H Ave., Pulaski, AR, (Carmean, Frank) NRHP-listed

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