Area less than one acre MPS Evening Shade MRA Opened 1874 | Built 1874 (1874) NRHP Reference # 82002139 Added to NRHP 30 September 1982 | |
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Location Court St., Evening Shade, Arkansas | ||
Charles w shaver house top 5 facts
The Charles W. Shaver House is a historic house at the northeast corner of Court and Spring Streets in Evening Shade, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure, with an L-shaped configuration that has gable roofs. Built in 1874, it is distinctive as a rare brick postbellum 19th century house in the community, and as the home of Charles W. Shaver, a son of the one of the city's founders, John W. Shaver. Shaver, despite being confined to a wheelchair, was a successful local merchant who thrived during the American Civil War, in part by crossing military lines to acquire needed supplies for the community. The use of Greek Revival elements (an entablature and gable end returns, for example) in the house was a trend-setter in later home construction in the community.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.