Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 74000493 Opened 1892 | Built 1892 (1892) Designated CP January 30, 1987 Added to NRHP 9 September 1974 | |
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Part of Beech Street Historic District (#86003314) Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture | ||
The Maj. James Alexander Tappan House is a historic house at 727 Columbia Street in Helena, Arkansas. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, built in 1892 for James Tappan, a wealthy businessman from a prominent local family. The house is a fine Queen Anne Victorian, with a particularly elaborate porch with a spindled balustrade and delicately proportioned columns, which wraps around a turreted projection with a conical roof. The cornice is decorated with brackets and panels, and the exterior also features the use of decoratively-cut shingles. James Tappan operated a number of businesses, including coal supply and a hardware store, and was director of a local bank.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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