The Rogers House is a historic house at 400 West 18th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large two story brick building, with an eclectic combination of Georgian Revival and

American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...

features. It was designed by Arkansas architect

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and completed in 1914. It has a green tile hip roof with extended eaves that show Craftsman style rafter ends, and is pierced by gabled

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s, which also have extended eaves, with large brackets for support. A half-round entry

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projects from the front, supported by monumental fluted Ionic columns. The house is one of Thompson's more imposing designs. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Colonial Revival architecture in Arkansas Houses completed in 1914 Houses in Little Rock, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas Historic district contributing properties in Arkansas {{LittleRockAR-NRHP-stub

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