The Gregg House is a historic house at 339 Gregg Street in

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, near the

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campus. It was built in 1871 and listed on the

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in 1974.

Architecture

A story Georgian home built on large

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blocks, the Gregg House has brick exterior walls generally thick. The two story

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is open to the air on the second floor and enclosed by glass panels on the first floor. Two chimneys provide access for eight fireplaces. A small story building is connected via a breezeway, called an "ice house" by the Gregg family. The property is bordered by an ornamental iron fence and large trees.

Eponym

Lafayette Gregg relocated to northwest Arkansas from

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, rising to become a prominent attorney in town. During the

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, Gregg was in charge of the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry (Federal) He was elected to the

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after the war, later becoming the prosecutor for the Fourth Circuit, Chancellor of the Pulaski Chancery Court, and an associate justice of the

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. Gregg also secured support for locating the Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville (now known as the University of Arkansas). Following its founding in 1871, Gregg was elected to the board of trustees. Gregg also became president of the Bank of Fayetteville and was defeated in a gubernatorial bid by

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Following his death in 1891, courts, businesses, banks, and the university all closed on the day of Gregg's funeral. He is buried in nearby Evergreen Cemetery with several other influential Fayetteville residents.

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Architecture

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