Absalom Fowler House

The Absalom Fowler House is a historic house at 503 East 6th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, with a hip roof and a front portico supported by fluted Ionic columns and topped by a balustrade. The building is encircled by an entablature with modillion blocks and an unusual double row of dentil moulding giving a checkerboard effect. The house was built in about 1840 by Absalom Fowler, a lawyer prominent in the state's early history.^[2] The house is now surrounded by a multi-building apartment complex.

Absalom Fowler House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	503 E. 6th St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°44′30″N 92°16′41″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1839 (1839)
Architect	Absalom Fowler
Part of	MacArthur Park Historic District (ID77000269)
NRHP reference No.	73000387[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 4, 1973
Designated CP	July 25, 1977

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

Absalom Fowler House, circa 1904

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for Absalom Fowler House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 21, 2015.