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Capt. John T. Burkett House

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Built
  
1899 (1899)

Opened
  
1899

Added to NRHP
  
3 June 1998

NRHP Reference #
  
98000620

Area
  
8,000 m²

Nearest city
  
Frenchport, Arkansas

Capt. John T. Burkett House

The Capt. John T. Burkett House is a historic house in rural Ouachita County, Arkansas. It is located at 607 Ouachita County Road 65, near the community of Frenchport. The 1-1/2 story wood frame house was built c. 1899 by John Burkett, a ship's captain and part-owner of a local lumber mill. He later served as the chief warden at Cummins Prison, and then as a regional agent of the Internal Revenue Service. The house is a fine example of Folk Victorian style. Its front facade has a porch running across its whole width, mounted on piers made of locally-manufactured bricks, with its hip-roof supported by concrete columns that resemble Tuscan-style columns. The balustrade is a metal filigree work. A gable-roof balcony projects above the center of the porch.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

Capt. John T. Burkett House Wikipedia