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1 >.,.,,q~ G. -, ;3&- 1 :. --, <F-, -* '-ED STATES DE'A R-TM lb-1-0 ' 'rt-e 1 NLl'E: NATONAL PARK Sf RVCE '.c,.~f $5- L>5- ->*2c -&a 9. O K. -9PTAZ REGSTER 03: HSTOXC PLACES -.,*JEPJTOXY -- MOMNATON FORM --- C 1 NAVE kj+ 7 SEE NSTRUCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETEC"AT1ONAL REGSTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRES -- COMPLETE APPLCABLE SECTONS H'STbRC Alexander House ANDlOR COMMON Ashley-Alexander House LOCATON CTY. TOWN Route 1, BOX 29s -NOT FOR PUBLCATON CONGRESSlONAL DlSfA1CT Scott 2 wcrnlry OF Second STATE CODE COUNTY CODE Arkansas 05 Lonoke ' 085 ~c~ssr~rc~no~, CATEGORY OWNERSHP,DSTRCT -PUBLtC, K s u LDNGC~) ~ x-~~ VATE,STRUCTURE,STE -BOTH PUBLC ACCUSTDN,OSJEtK -1s PROCESS ',&EFG LONSDEAED t~ OWNER OF PROPERTY CAME 3 ~ H.. G- blexander STATUS XOCCUPEU,UF;OCmPrED -hlork lrj PROGRESS ACCESSESE &YES: RESTRCTEO,YES:,NO UNRESTRCTED PRESE MT'U SE AGRCULTURE -MUSEUM,COMMERClkC -EDUCATONAL -PARK K~~~~~~ RE'SDENCE -ENKATA?'MENT -REtfC~OUS,GOVERh;hlENT,SCENRFC,NOUSTRAL -TRANSPORTATON,MUTARY -OTHER: STREET& NUXBR Route, Box 298 Cr. TOWN- - Scott 1~ V~CNW OF STATE Arkansas FOUATHOVSE. REGSTRY OF DEEDS ETC. Crcut Clerk's Offce LC - 4 ' CTY. TOWN toaoke County Courthouse bnoke REPRESENTATON N EXSTNG SURVEYS STATE Arkansas - 3JkTE -FEDERAL -STATE COUNT -LOCAL DEPOSTORY Fan SURVEY AECOADS CTY. TOWN STATE

2 CONDTON CHECK ONE CHECK ONE KEXCELLENT -DETERORATED -UNALTERED,OALG x NRL SEE -GOOD -RUNS EALTERED J~OVED DATE,FAR,UNEXPOSED DESCRBE THE PRESENT AND ORGNAL (F KNO'A'N) PHYSCAL APPEARANCE. '". \ t. 9' ' :2-y Constructed c. 1835, the Alexander House, located near Scott, Arkanses, s a one-and-one-half-storey structure constructed of sold, hand-hem cypress logs and sheathed n narrow whte clapbard. The house s rectangular n shape, wth one-storey addtons on the rear elevaton. The Alexander House s topped by a gable roof from whch extend three dormers on the facade and one on the rear elevaton..do&le-hung wndors feature smple surrounds and are flanked by. shutters, The facade s well-balanced n ts spacng of domclrs and wndows. A. large gabled dormer wth pared wndows extends from the roof n the center of the facade. Ths dormer s flanked by tko small, flat-roofed - dcmers. ll1 three 6ormers are covered n wde clapboard. n the center of the facade s a one-storey, flat-roofed porch. Ths porch s supported by four square, wooden colm~s wth Dorc captals. Plasters resemblng the colum*ls flank the centered entry. The entry features double doors flanked by sdelghts and top?& by a fanlght n a wesb-lke pattern. A large dormer projects from the rear elevaton. Ths domer features a gable roof and two double-hung wndows. One-storey addtons to the rear are also covered n narrow clapboard and utlze the sane features as the man body of the house, such as Dorc-captal plasters. The nteror plan of the Alexander Mouse ncludes center halls, upstars and downstars, connected by a sngle-flght starway, W~!O rooms are on each sde of each hallway, upstars and downstars. The starway features a square newel-post and turned balusters, nteror door and wndow trm s heavly molded and features corner blocks Orgnally the Alexander Rouse featured a porch whch spanned the wdth of the facade. Ths porch was sup?orted by delcate, turned posts. Pror to 1910, the roof of the house st12ported only two large dormers, one on the faeade and one on the rear. :.% n 1910 the ktchen and dnng room,whch were connected to t>e house by a walkway, burned. Also destroyed n ths fre was a sleepng porch on the south elevaton. The fre brought about a remodelng of the house, The two small dormers were added, and the porch on the facade was changed- Addtons were made onto theaxear elevaton. Also durng the remodelng, the archtect n charge changed the plan, double front cntry to the elaborate present entry havng sdelghts and fanlght.' The nteror ~alls and floors of the man body of the house retan the orrjnal handhewn logs; however the coverng over these logs has recently been changed- The old coverngs were removed, and wood--gran panelng now covers most of the ~7a115, and hardwood covers the floors. The Alexander House rerna3.n~ n excellent condton and s carefully mantaned by the present ab.mers. Restng on ts orgnal ste, the Alexander House s a sgnfcant Local landmark.

3 AREAS OF SFGMlFlCANCf -- CHECK APJD JUSTFY BELOW JRCHEULUGY-PREH1STQRC -COMMUNlY PUNNNG -LANDSCAPE ARCHlTECTURE,RELGON -~UCHEOLOGY-H!STD;~K -COMSERVATON,LAW,SCENCE XAGRCULTURE -1CONOMCS -LTERATURE,SCU? TURE archtecture,educaton,f.l LYA'ARY -SOCAVHUMANTARAN -.ART,ENGNEERNG -MUSC -THEATER -COMMERCE XEXPLOAT0%5ET7LEMEHT -PHTLOSQPH_Y,TRANSPO?TASON LOMMUNCATOhS -NDUSTRY -POLlTtCStGOVERNMENl,OWER SPEClFY),SVVENTOH SPECFC DATES c BU1 LDERARCH TECT STATEMENT OF SGNFCANCE The Alexacder muse s a one-and-one-half storey structure constmeted of hand-hsrm cypress logs. The,house s sheathed n whte clapboard and Eeatures a gable roof, from whch extend thee d~rmers on the facade and one ora the rear elevaton. The symrnatrcal facade s marked by a centered one-storey flat-roofed porch. The orgnal part of the house conssts of a wde center-hzll flanked by two rooms on each sde, ths sme arrangement for both the u2sta.r~ and domstars. t s archtecturally sgnfcant as representatve of a gracous sw~thern country home. Constructed c. 1835, the house stands near the cornunty of Scott, Arkansas, &out twelve mles southeast of Lttle Rock. The :muse was constructed by Chester Ashley, whb was one of the nost rnp~rta'nt men n the hstory of- Arkansas- Ashley was a lan29wner, a wdely known lawyer and a Unted States Senator from Arkansas, He owned much of the land n Scott and mantaned the house as hs country hone. For many years the estate was called "Ashley Mll Plantaton." Ashley's assocaton wth the bouse s an mportant as?ect of ts sgnzcance-.... Chester Ashley was one of the most mrrortant fgures n the hstory of Arkansas- Born n Amherst, c;assachusetts, on June 1, 1791, Ashely grcw up n Hudson, New York. He graduated from Xllams College n 1813 and attended Ltchfeld Law School. Ashley com_oleted la;^ studes n, the. : offce of Elsha Wllams at Hudson, New Yark., At the age of twenty-seven, ~hester Ashley moved to-~dwardsvlle, llnos, and set up a law offce. From llnos he moved to St. mus, whexe he met Xllarrt Russell, a well-known land speculztor. n 1819 Ashley moved to ~ttle ~ock. He soon became nvolved n land ltgaton nvolvng the captol's beng moved from Arkansas Post to Lttle Rock. Chestcr Ashley s often referred to as the "father of Lttlc Rock," due to the fact that he acqured the ttle to muc3 of the land on whch the tom was bult. He also advsed hs clent?-n both Arkansas and Mssour to ther fnancal advantage ard was knotm as the best Lawyer n ether state. n t3o process he became a very wealthy.;nan.._... For a few year.: Ashley 41as n a law partnershp wth Robert Crttcnden, Secretary of the Terrtory of Arkansas. Ashley became one of the most promnent and nfluental mnrbers of the Bar n thc Terrtory of ~rkansas, n 1844 be was elected to the Unted States Senate, wherc he became

4 t, ~ 1F.L, 1 s-r;l'res DF.PAK-~MEN rt t. Y-T~CO~ NAT1ENAl PARK SERVCE. 1. FOR NPS USE ONLY \L - \ RECEVED t, NATONAL REGSTER OF EDSTOXTL" PLACES -4-. r DATE ENTERED J: NVENTORY -- NQBMPJATON FORM '....a, ;p CONTNVATtON SHEET ltem NUMBER 8 PAGE 1 charman of a judcary commttee. He was reelected to the Senate n 846 and served untl hs death on Aprl 29, 1848, After the death of Ashley, the Ashely Plantaton cha~ged hands many tmes before t was taken over by Watt Worthen,who owned t for abut ttf years. krthw Lee Alexander was the next otmer, takng possesson of the property n Rrthur Lee TJcxnnder was born n Ashvlle, North Carolna, on Dece~Jses 27, Hs ancestors, the Davdsons, cam from England n The 1 Davdsons were qven land-grants n pa-rent for fghtng n the Revolutanaq!Jar. Davson County, North CaroPna, ar.d DavlSson College n North Carolna are named for the same famly. Wthcr L. Alexander: came to Arkansas n 1883 wth three Alexander cousns, Charles, James and Dave. They settled tuzlve nles southeast of Lttle Rock at Scott. For several years Arthur L. Alexander was a bookkeeper on t5e Fred Bryson Plantaton. On XaveAtr 10, 1897, Arthur Lee ~lcxnder marred Otela George, who,was born zt Fends andng, Arkanszs. Lke her ht~sban?, Otela Alexacder came frcn a dstngushed Lnzage. The George famly came from Gemany n The famly were wealthy merchants n Germany and, upon ther settlemnt n Lttle Rock n 1833, agan became successful busnessmen. ' y. Stronqly encouraged by hs h-fe, Arthur Alexander p~rchased the Ashley -Y.ll Plantaton and took possesson the frst week of December, t was through the unque verbal persunsveness of Otela Alexander that the purchase was brought about. At the tme of the purchase Arthur Alexander had only $100 n cash. r Otela XLexander was a woman of drvng energy. n addton to rasng a f mly of fve chldren, she -<:as nvolved n many constructve actvtes. Her work on the Pententary EoarZ led to her appontment to the Natonal Board of Prson t7orkers. S5e organzed the Hornan's Exchange of Lttle Rock, whch was supprked by the Catholc Church of the Docese af Arkznsas. Ths organzaton fomed a means for the elderly and undcrprjvledged. '1 to market: ther goods. For two years Flrs. Alexander served on the staff? of the Arkansas Gazette. -,hr thur ~ c c Alcxnnder ran a cypress mll, g:rev: cotton and rased lvestock. t t:c was a man of great drve and quckly zzhevee nato3al promnence as a:1 nnovztor of new farn1r:g deas. le was mbued wth the desre to! +!

5 ,TtU STA''ES; UCP..'RTMEh'T 01.' THE KTE 1tlO.R KATlONAL PARK SERVCE NVENTORY -- NOMNATON FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY RECElVE D DATE ENTERED.. r., CONT PUATON SHE ES TEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 2 t nprove the condton of those who worked for and wth hm. At the tme he took control of hs plantaton,.the conmssary system was a wdely accepted practce. Alexander s reported to have been the frst plantaton bwner n Arkansas to do away wth ths system. Ths provded for a much more stable local economy. 1 Arthur L. Alexander was responsble for the formaton of the Scott! Cotton Groxers Assocaton, the frst cotton co-operatve assocaton 1 forned n the Unted States. Alexander's progressve and scentfc farmng methods brought spectacular results. Many offcals of the Untcd States Department of Agrculture came td S cott to study hs methods. Aztl~ur Lee Alexander ded December 7, 1938, n Scott. The eldest of the fve Alexander chldren now resdes n the house and farms the plantaton. Ths son, Wllam George Alexander, was born Decmeber 13, Before assumng hs farmng career, he was apponted to and attended the unted States Kaval Academy at Annapols, Maryland. Thus, the hstorc Alexander House s re?resentatvz of the hstory of two men whose contrbutons ranged from local to natonal sgnfcance. Ashelyk actvtes ranged from Lttle Rock landowner to Untcd States Senator. Alexander was bth com,unty leader and agxcultural n'novator on a naton-wde scale. t + -! C And, on top of ths hstorcal mportance, the Alexander House has ts own archtectural sgnfca?ce. Restng among the trees on beautfully landscaped grouads, the Alexander House s the eptome of gracous Southern lvng.

6 '.-. Alexander, Davdson an2 GeorGe famles. Documents collfctcd by ks. J. 11. \ *' Detz, Lttle Rock, Arkansas. Alexander, Hrs. Robert. nterve~ 2t Scott, Arkansas, October 28, Alexander, 14.r. and Mrs. Wllam Gsargc. Personal ntervew at the Alexander House, Scott, Arkansas, CztoSor 27, De tz, Mrs. J. B. Personal ntervew, Lttle Rock, W~ansas \\ #: --'$ J, November 15, :,d.. GEOGRAPHCAL DATA ACREAGE DF NOMNATED PnOPERTY less than One UTM REFEREPECES bn11 nn] hrshal;~ L L L d. g r 1 D W U U ~ ( 1 ~ 5 8 W ZONE EASTNG NORTHNG ZONE EASTNG NORTHNG u VERBAL BOUNDASY DESCR PJlON 1lJ-L.L-J - _.>-... LST ALL STATES AN 0 COUNTES FOR PROPERTES OVERLAP71NG STATE OR CQUXTY BOUNDARlES lk Q STATE CODE COUNTY. CODE - STATE CODE COU?WY COD5 :: F OXM PREPAXED BY NAME / TTLE Sandra Taylor, Hstoran ORGANZATON Arkansas Kstorc Preservaton Program STREET & NUMBER DATE TELEPH3NE 300 West Markhan CTY DA TQLVX Lttle Rock STATE. frkansas 2 d,;r- STATE HSTORC PRESERVATON OFF1 CER CEXTFCATXON THE EVALUATED SGNFCANCE OF THS PROPERTY WllMlN THE STATE S: NATZONAL- STATE - LOCAL - J As the desgnated State H~storrc Preservaton Offcer for the Natjanal Mhsrorc Preservaton Act of 1966 PuYc Larv ). 1 1 hereby nomnate ths property for ncluson n the Natonal crtera and procedures sel forth by the Na:ana Park Sewce. L- 1 dx STATE HSTORC PRESERVATON OFFCER SGNATURE h n ~ : f 'TcE - 2 3: State Hstorc Praserva ton off ces: 'FDR NPS CSE ONLY. E~~EAEBYCERT~FYTHAYTHSPROPE~~WSL~CLU~E~~TH~N~~TOF~~~REESTEF,,. DATE - DATE ".. <.. : a.. A., -

7 r:u STA- ES Dtl':lR3'hltN'T OF 'CkE 1 h't1.k Ol KhTl0NkL PARK SERVCE. "SONAL REGSTER OF HSTORS PLACES ~NVENTORY-lNOMNATON E'ORPJx FOR F4PS USE OPJLY RECEVE Q DATE ENTERED CONT NU ATON SHE Ef TEM NUMBER ' PAGE, f Hempstead, Pay. Hstorcal Revew of Arkansas. Volume T, Chcago: Lews Phlshng Comgany, Terry, Adolphne Fletcher- Charlotte Step'nens, Lttle Rock's Frst Black Teacher. Lttle E?wk : Academc Press of Arkansas

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10 \,.-.. ZJN-F~~ s'~a?*l-s DEPARTr-ENT OF THE 1x1 E1310R. Fprm 10 30:.*. '. [P?v lo.?:,' NATONAL PARK SERVCE.< NATONAL EEGLSTEX OF HSTORC PLACES,,.,& PXOPEdTY MAP FORM. > > :.,j \..< -.. :..J a NAME HSTORC SEE 1 NSTRUCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETE NAT/ONAL REGSTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRES -- ENCLOSE WTH MAP Alexander House AND/OR COMMON LOCATON elm, TOWN Scott VCNTY OF STATE Arkansas MAP REFERENCE S3UaCE unted States Geologcal Survey SCALE L:24000 DATE 1954 ($mtoze~sed 1970) UXEMENTS TO BE NCLUDED d~ ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY 80UNDARES 2. NORTH ARROLV 3. UTM PEFERENCES *

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