Tillman Shaw House Explained

Tillman Shaw House
Location:500 S. Nineteenth St., Fort Smith, Arkansas
Coordinates:35.3789°N -94.4131°W
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Prairie School, American Foursquare
Added:May 16, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88000561

The Tillman Shaw House is a historic house at 500 South 19th Street in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The house is an architecturally eclectic two-story brick structure, set on an artificially raised plot in a neighborhood of predominantly smaller houses. It has a basic American Foursquare structure, with stylistic embellishments borrowed from a number of styles, including the Mission Revival, Prairie School, and Colonial Revival. It was built in 1909 by Tillman Shaw, a prosperous saloon owner in the then-frontier town. Shaw's fortunes were ruined by the advent of Prohibition, and he was forced to sell the house in 1919.[1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Tillman Shaw House. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-04-07.