Luster_Urban_Farmstead

Luster Urban Farmstead

Luster Urban Farmstead

Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Luster Urban Farmstead is a historic house at 487 North Central Avenue in Batesville, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame I-house with a rear single-story ell. The main facade is five bays wide, with a central two-story porch. Fishscale shingles provide a decorative element on parts of its walls, and windows have molded hoods. The house was built in 1885 by James Luster, and the property includes a smokehouse, barn, and other outbuildings. It is the only known surviving example of an urban farmstead in Batesville (out of at least 20 that were known).[2]

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The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "NRHP nomination for Luster Urban Farmstead". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-27.


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