Twelve Oaks (Harrison, Arkansas)

Twelve Oaks, or the J.W. Bass House, is a historic farm estate at 7210 Arkansas Highway 7 South in rural Boone County, Arkansas, south of Harrison. The main house is a dramatic and architecturally eclectic two-story building with a variety of Craftsman, Colonial Revival, and Mission style details. It is a stucco-finished concrete construction, whose roof has exposed rafter tails, and was originally finished in tile, replaced after a 1973 tornado extensively damaged the property. At the time of its construction in 1922 (at a cost of $250,000), it was one of the finest plantation houses in the state. It was built by J. W. Bass, a businessman responsible for the construction of a number of Harrison's finest buildings, who developed a 1,600-acre (650 ha) farm south of the city, with this property as its centerpiece. It was named "Twelve Oaks" after a grove of twelve large oak trees, none of which survived the 1973 tornado.[2]

Twelve Oaks
Twelve Oaks (Harrison, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Twelve Oaks (Harrison, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Twelve Oaks (Harrison, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Twelve Oaks (Harrison, Arkansas)
Location in United States
Location7210 AR 7 S, Harrison, Arkansas
Coordinates36°9′42″N 93°7′22″W / 36.16167°N 93.12278°W / 36.16167; -93.12278
Area8.1 acres (3.3 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.09001237[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 2010

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[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 Twelve Oaks". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-07.