The Orth C. Galloway House is a historic house at 504 Park Street in

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. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with Colonial Revival styling designed by

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. It was built in 1910 for Orth Galloway, owner of a local lumber mill. Barber's design is of a considerably higher style than was typically found in his pattern-book publications, which were widely used in the

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. Its most prominent feature is its two-story Classical Revival entrance

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, supported by clustered

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columns. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas Houses completed in 1910 Houses in Monroe County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Arkansas {{MonroeCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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