S.D. Merritt House

Historic house in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


S.D. Merritt House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


35°16′24″N 92°22′59″W / 35.27333°N 92.38306°W / 35.27333; -92.38306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1950 (1950)
Built by	Silas Owens Sr., Silas Owens Jr.
Architect	Silas Owens Sr.
Architectural style	Modern Movement, Minimal Traditional
MPS	Mixed Masonry Buildings of Silas Owens, Sr. MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000038^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 15, 2005

The S.D. Merritt House is a historic house at 45 Arkansas Highway 25 North in Greenbrier, Arkansas. It is a single story masonry structure, its exterior clad in a distinctive combination of fieldstone laid in herringbone patterns, and cream-colored brick trim. It was designed by Silas Owens, Sr., a prominent regional African-American mason, and built c. 1950 by Owens and his son, Silas Jr. It is a basically L-shaped structure, with a covered carport at the left end, and a forward-projecting section on the right.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for S.D. Merritt House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-08.