The Railroad Cottage is a historic house at 208 North Rust Street in Gentry, Arkansas. It is a small single-story L-shaped wood-frame house with Folk Victorian styling, including a reconstructed jigsawn balustrade and turned porch posts. The house was built c. 1900, and is one of the best-preserved small houses built at the time to support an influx of people working in the fruit and railroad industries. Buried under a series of 20th-century alterations, the core of the house was discovered when demolition of the building began in 1997, and has been carefully restored as best architectural preservation practices could determine its original appearance to be.[2]

Railroad Cottage
Railroad Cottage is located in Arkansas
Railroad Cottage
Location in Arkansas
Railroad Cottage is located in the United States
Railroad Cottage
Location in United States
Location208 N. Rust, Gentry, Arkansas
Coordinates36°16′16″N 94°29′1″W / 36.27111°N 94.48361°W / 36.27111; -94.48361
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.04001509[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 2005

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Railroad Cottage". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-03.