The Richmond-Tufts House is a historic house in rural Ouachita County, Arkansas, outside the county seat of Camden. This single-story wood-frame house was built in 1853, and was originally located on West Washington Street in Camden, before being moved to its present location c. 1961. When first built, the house had

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

styling, but it was extensively renovated and extended after its purchase in 1883 by Alfred Tufts, who moved from the northern United States to Camden after the

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, married a local woman, and acquired a great deal of land. He made numerous Late Victorian additions to the house, most of which were undone when the house was moved, restoring its original Greek Revival character. The house is five bays wide, with a side gable roof, and a four-column porch that extends across a portion of the front. The house was listed on the

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in 1977.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Houses completed in 1853 Houses in Ouachita County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita County, Arkansas 1853 establishments in Arkansas Relocated buildings and structures in Arkansas Greek Revival architecture in Arkansas {{OuachitaCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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