Moore House (Searcy, Arkansas)
listed on the NRHP in White County, Arkansas
The Moore House is a historic house at 405 Center Street in Searcy, Arkansas. It is a 1+1⁄2-story stuccoed wood-frame structure, with a picturesque combination of Folk Victorian and Craftsman stylistic elements. It has a hipped roof topped by a flat deck, with several projecting gables, and stuccoed chimneys. A porch extends across part of the front and side, supported by brick posts. It was built about 1925, and represents an unusual late instance of the Folk Victorian style.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, and was delisted in 2022.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Moore House (Searcy, Arkansas)” is listed on the NRHP in White County, Arkansas. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Moore, House and Searcy, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “listed on the NRHP in White County, Arkansas” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25203968. Authority coordinates are 35.248, -91.741. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1925, 1991 and 2022.
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