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
Location in Arkansas
Location in United States
Location7210 AR 7 S, Harrison, Arkansas
Coordinates36°9′42″N 93°7′22″W
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]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Twelve Oaks" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-07.


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