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Charles Fox Brown House

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1867. 420 Drennen St.
  • (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, A Division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, Ralph Wilcox, photographer)

Returning to Van Buren after serving as a Confederate Army surgeon, Virginia-born physician Brown built his family residence to include space for his medical practice. The five-bay brick central-hall house mixes Greek Revival symmetry with Italianate details. The house has a narrow central gable filled with a two-light window and a porch supported by four slender columns on plinths and with ornate brackets. Sidelights and a transom frame the door. The rear ell extending to the south provided spaces for Brown’s surgery.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Cyrus A. Sutherland with Gregory Herman, Claudia Shannon, Jean Sizemore Jeannie M. Whayne and Contributors
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What's Nearby

Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company Building
Crawford County Courthouse
Citizens Bank Building
Old Crawford County Bank
Drennen-Scott House Historical Museum

Citation

Cyrus A. Sutherland with Gregory Herman, Claudia Shannon, Jean Sizemore Jeannie M. Whayne and Contributors, "Charles Fox Brown House", [Van Buren, Arkansas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AR-01-CW5.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Arkansas

Buildings of Arkansas, Cyrus A. Sutherland and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, 101-101.

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