Benjamin T. Powell House

The Benjamin T. Powell House is a historic house at 305 California Avenue in Camden, Arkansas. The two story wood-frame house was built in 1859, and is one a few pre-Civil War cotton-magnate houses to survive in the city. The house has a cypress frame, and features a Classical Revival facade with a front gable supported by four round columns sheltering porches with ornamental iron railings. The house was used as a military headquarters by Union Army forces during the Civil War.[2]

Benjamin T. Powell House
Benjamin T. Powell House is located in Arkansas
Benjamin T. Powell House
Location in Arkansas
Benjamin T. Powell House is located in the United States
Benjamin T. Powell House
Location in United States
Location305 California Ave., Camden, Arkansas
Coordinates33°34′52″N 92°49′59″W / 33.58111°N 92.83306°W / 33.58111; -92.83306
Arealess than one acre
Built1859 (1859)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.74000485[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 1974

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Benjamin T. Powell House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-23.