The Grandison D. Royston House is a historic house at Columbus and Water Streets in Historic Washington State Park, Washington, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, about wide and deep, with a hip roof pierced by two chimneys with corbelled tops. The main entry is centered under a projecting gable-roof porch, and is framed by sidelights and transom windows. The porch is supported at the front by pairs of square columns with moulded capitals and a square plinth. At the back of the house is a shed-roof addition which housed the kitchen. The interior of the main block is divided into four rooms, two on either side of a large central hall. The house was built c. 1833 by

Grandison Delaney Royston Grandison Delaney Royston (December 9, 1809 – August 14, 1889) was a prominent Arkansas politician. He was born in Carter County, Tennessee and later moved to Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1837 and the Arkansas ...

, then at the start of a long and distinguished career in Arkansas politics, serving in the state legislature, as United States District Attorney, and as a state militia general during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

. The house was listed on the

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in 1972. It is one of the finest early examples of the Greek Revival in the state.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Greek Revival houses in Arkansas Houses completed in 1833 1833 establishments in Arkansas Territory Houses in Hempstead County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Hempstead County, Arkansas Historic district contributing properties in Arkansas {{HempsteadCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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