Minaret Manor
Minaret Manor | |
Location in Arkansas Location in United States | |
| Location | 844 W. Semmes Ave., Osceola, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°42′23″N 89°58′51″W / 35.70639°N 89.98083°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1948 |
| Architect | Hanker & Heyer |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 100000554[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 24, 2017 |
Minaret Manor is the original name of “The Florida Mansion” a historic mansion house at 844 West Semmes Avenue in Osceola, Arkansas. Set on a landscape 5-acre (2.0 ha) parcel (reduced by subdivision from the original 15), it is a large 2+1⁄2-story brick Tudor Revival building. The lower portions of the house are finished in brick laid in stretcher bond, while gabled upper areas exhibit half-timbering with brick laid in a diagonal basket weave pattern. At the right front side of the main facade is a three-story turret with conical roof. The house was built in 1948 for Andrew J. Florida, the principal owner of a real estate empire that extend across eastern Arkansas and western Tennessee.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]
See also
- Florida Brothers Building
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi County, Arkansas
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Minaret Manor" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved February 8, 2017.