The M. E. Davis House is a historic house at 200 North Knox Street in Dermott, Arkansas. The two story wood-frame house was built in 1925, and is one of the largest houses in Dermott; it is still one of only a few two story houses there. The Craftsman style house was built for Matthew E. Davis, an African-American businessman. Davis was notable in the town for opening his home to impoverished African-Americans leaving the sugar cane plantations by train, and helping them find work in the local mills and acquire their own homes.[2]
M.E. Davis House | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 200 N. Knox St., Dermott, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°31′47″N 91°26′27″W / 33.52972°N 91.44083°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| MPS | Ethnic and Racial Minority Settlement of the Arkansas Delta MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001034[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 22, 2004 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
As a youth growing up in Dermott also living on Knox Street I use to mow this yard on the weekend for $5.00. A good friend would let me borrow their lawnmower and it took me all morning, but I got the job done. Five ($5), that was a lot of money for an eight or nine-year-old child in the mid 60's.
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for M.E. Davis House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
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