Lightle House Searcy, Arkansas

The house

About Lightle House

A Colonial Revival residence at 605 E Race Avenue, Searcy, Arkansas 72143, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

North front of Lightle House: brick walls, Ludowici tile hip roof, porte-cochère at left, and an entry framed by sidelights, pilasters, entablature, and an arced pediment.
North front, 2015. Valis55 / Shane Vaughn, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Architecture

Colonial Revival, designed by Charles L. Thompson of Thompson and Harding. Plans are dated December 1923. The house was built in 1924–25. It is brick, with a Ludowici tile hip roof, a porte-cochère, and an entry with sidelights, pilasters, an entablature, and an arced pediment.

Timeline

  1. December 1923 Plans by Charles L. Thompson (Thompson and Harding).
  2. 1924–25 House built.
  3. April 1925 The Edward Lightle family moved in.
  4. 22 December 1982 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, reference 82000958.
  5. 1996 Renovation as a bed and breakfast.

Place

Downtown Searcy, near Harding University. Street address: 605 E Race Avenue, Searcy, Arkansas 72143.

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