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The Matthews-Dillon House is a historic house at 701 Skyline Drive 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 ...
. It is a -story brick building, with a steeply pitched gable roof in a
saltbox A saltbox house is a gable-roofed residential structure that is typically two stories in the front and one in the rear. It is a traditional New England style of home, originally timber framed, which takes its name from its resemblance to a woode ...
profile. The roof is continued over a small front porch, with flush-set chimneys to its left and a gabled projection to its right. The house was built in 1928 by the
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 ...
Company, to a design by company architect
Frank Carmean Frank Carmean was an architect in Arkansas. 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, a ...
. The house is locally unusual for its evocation of colonial New England architectural style, executed as a brick variant of medieval English 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 1992.


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


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Houses completed in 1928 Houses in North Little Rock, Arkansas 1928 establishments in Arkansas {{PulaskiCountyAR-NRHP-stub