Area less than one acre Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman Opened 1925 | Built 1925 (1925) NRHP Reference # 04001034 Added to NRHP 22 September 2004 | |
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MPS Ethnic and Racial Minority Settlement of the Arkansas Delta MPS | ||
The M. E. Davis House is a historic house at 200 North Knox Street in Dermott, Arkansas. The two story wood frame house was built in 1925, and is one of the largest houses in Dermott; it is still one of only a few two story houses there. The Craftsman style house was built for Matthew E. Davis, an African-American businessman. Davis was notable in the town for opening his home to impoverished African-Americans leaving the sugar cane plantations by train, and helping them find work in the local mills and acquire their own homes.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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