Richmond-Tufts House

Richmond-Tufts House
Nearest city Camden, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°36′25″N 92°54′31″W / 33.60694°N 92.90861°W / 33.60694; -92.90861Coordinates: 33°36′25″N 92°54′31″W / 33.60694°N 92.90861°W / 33.60694; -92.90861
Area less than one acre
Built 1853 (1853)
NRHP Reference # 77000264[1]
Added to NRHP December 2, 1977

The Richmond-Tufts House is a historic house in rural Ouachita County, Arkansas, outside the county seat of Camden. This single-story wood frame house was built in 1859, and was originally located on West Washington Street in Camden, before being moved to its present location c. 1961. When first built, the house had Greek Revival styling, but it was extensively renovated and extended after its purchase in 1883 by Alfred Tufts, a Northern carpetbagger who moved to Camden after the American Civil War, married a local woman, and acquired a great deal of land. He made numerous Late Victorian additions to the house, most of which were undone when the house was moved, restoring its original Greek Revival character. The house is five bays wide, with a side gable roof, and a four-column porch that extends across a portion of the front.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Richmond-Tufts House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-23.


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