Walter B. Sorrells Cottage
The Walter B. Sorrells Cottage is a historic administrative (and formerly residential) building on the campus of the Southeastern Arkansas Community Correction Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a two-story frame building, finished in brick on the first floor and stucco and half-timbering on the second, with Craftsman-style eaves adorned with exposed rafter ends and brackets. Built in 1920 to a design by Pine Bluff architect Mitchell Seligman, it was the first permanent structure of what was then known as the Boys Industrial School, a state facility for troubled youth.[2]
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| Location | Southeastern Arkansas Community Correction Center, Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°13′3″N 92°5′16″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1920 |
| Architect | Seligman, Mitchell; Royce, E.C. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/craftsman, English Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002276[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 4, 1986 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Walter B. Sorrells Cottage" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
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