John Tilley House

The John Tilley House is a historic house in rural Washington County, Arkansas. It is located on the south side of Stonewall Road (County Road 64), west of Prairie Grove, and is one of the county's few rural antebellum brick houses. In fact, it is one of only 24 antebellum houses in Arkansas deemed sufficiently "original" for inclusion on the National Register.

John Tilley House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Nearest city	Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°59′34″N 94°23′8″W
Area	215 acres (87 ha)
Built	1855
Architect	Tilley, John
NRHP reference No.	78000639[1]
Added to NRHP	November 2, 1978

It is a two-story structure, five bays wide, with two rooms on each floor, separated by a central hallway on each level. A two-story, Victorian Era (1896)porch extends across the front of the house. There is also a considerable Victorian Era addition in the back (1896), which gives the house its present "T" footprint. The house was built by John Tilley, Jr. about 1853, replacing his first house, which was a log structure (1836), and first appeared on the Washington County tax rolls in 1855. Tilley was one of the area's most successful farmers prior to the American Civil War, but fled the area to Texas when it was occupied by the Union Army and died before he could return.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for John Tilley House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-30.