Absalom Fowler House

The Absalom Fowler House is a historic house at 502 East 7th 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
Location502 E. 7th St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′30″N 92°16′41″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1839 (1839)
ArchitectFowler, Absalom
Part ofMacArthur Park Historic District (ID77000269)
NRHP reference No.73000387[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1973
Designated CPJuly 25, 1977

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

Absalom Fowler House, circa 1904

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