Reeves-Melson House Explained

Reeves-Melson House
Nearest City:Bonnerdale, Arkansas
Coordinates:34.4358°N -93.4103°W
Builder:William H. Reeves, Larkin Melson
Architecture:Dogtrot plan
Added:December 5, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:85003069

The Reeves-Melson House is a historic house in rural Montgomery County, Arkansas. It is a private inholding within Ouachita National Forest, located on the east side of Miles Road, north of Bonnerdale and east of Alamo. It is a single story dogtrot, with a log pen and a wooden frame pen separated by a breezeway under a gable roof. A shed-roof porch extends across the front, and the building is clad in weatherboard. The log pen has a trapdoor providing access to a dugout cellar, a feature not typically found in regional dogtrot houses. The log pen was built in 1882 by William Reeves, and the frame pen was built in 1888 by Larkin Melson.[1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Reeves-Melson House. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-10-19.