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Matthews-Storey House

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Matthews Story House
Matthews Story House

The Matthews-Storey House is a historic house at 8115 Ascension Road in southern Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a mostly single-story Craftsman Airplane-style structure, in which a small second story at the center makes the building resemble an early aircraft. The building features a carport to the right and a projecting porch to the front, each with supporting stone pillars and exposed rafters underneath. The house was built in 1925 by the Justin Matthews Company, a major developer in the city at that time.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

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Matthews-Storey House
Ascension Road, Little Rock

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Ascension Road 8186
72204 Little Rock
Arkansas, United States
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