501 12th St., Mena, Arkansas. County/parish: Polk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 06, 1979. NRIS 79003431.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Judge Benjamin Shaver House is a historic house at 701 12th Street in Mena, Arkansas. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof that projects over a two-story porch. There are further stepped projectings beyond this, culminating in an gable section supported by Ionic columns, with a Palladian window in the pedimented gable end. The house was built in 1896, two years after Mena was incorporated by Benjamin Shaver, a prominent local lawyer and judge. The building is further notable for its association with his daughter Dorothy, who parlayed an early career as a dollmaker into becoming CEO of Lord & Taylor.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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