Oakland

3800 Calion Rd., El Dorado, Arkansas. County/parish: Union.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 28, 2019. NRIS 100003358.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Murphy, Dr. Garland Doty, House
  • Site #UN0589

From Wikipedia:

Oakland (El Dorado, Arkansas)

Oakland, also known as the Dr. Garland Doty Murphy House, is a historic house at 3800 Calion Road in El Dorado, Arkansas. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure resting on a brick foundation, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. A flat-roofed porch, two stories in height, extends across the front facade, supported by square box columns. It has a symmetrical five-bay facade, with a center entrance surmounted by a semicircular pediment. The house was built in 1939 to a design by David Weaver, and is a prominent local example of Colonial Revival architecture.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

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