John Clifton House, Texarkana

Name: John Clifton House
Address: Texarkana, United States

#17 among attractions in Texarkana

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The John Clifton House is a historic house at 1803 Pecan Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure, with a porch wrapping around the front facade, supported by large square brick piers. It has a low-pitch roof with rafters exposed at the gabled side elevations, and horizontal ribbons of windows. It is a fine local example of the Prairie School of architecture, and the best in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood. The house was built in 1908 for John Dial Clifton and Frances Brewer Clifton, and was a well-known site of social gatherings. Clifton, who worked for an importer, died of tuberculosis in 1934. ()

Built: 1908 (116 years ago)Coordinates: 33°26'23"N, 94°2'14"W

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John Clifton House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ace of Clubs House, Museum of Regional History, Four States Auto Museum, Canaan Baptist Church.

1.2 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana
30 min walk • The Ace of Clubs House is a historic house museum in Texarkana, Texas. The house is distinctively shaped like a club, from a deck of playing cards, with three octagon-shaped wings and a fourth rectangular wing adjoining at a central octagon-shaped stair hall.
1.3 miS
Museum, History museum
Museum of Regional History, Texarkana
32 min walk • The Museum of Regional History is a local history museum in Texarkana, Texas. It is the first and oldest museum in the Texarkana metropolitan area; it was established in 1971. It is located in the Offenhauser Insurance Building, which was built in 1879, making it the oldest brick building in the city.
1.1 miS
Museum
Four States Auto Museum, Texarkana
28 min walk • The Four States Auto Museum is an automobile museum in Texarkana, Arkansas. It was established in 2004 and chartered as a 501 organization in the State of Arkansas. The museum is located on a site formerly used for wagon and automobile body construction.
0.6 miSW
Church
Canaan Baptist Church, Texarkana
15 min walk • The Canaan Baptist Church is a historic church at the junction of Laurel and 10th Streets in Texarkana, Arkansas. The single-story brick church was built in 1929 for an African-American congregation established in 1883. The building was designed by S. C.
0.9 miS
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana
24 min walk • The Patrick J. Ahern House is a historic house located at 403 Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas.
1.2 miN
City
Texarkana metropolitan area, Texarkana
31 min walk • The Texarkana metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is a two-county region anchored by the twin cities of Texarkana, Texas, and Texarkana, Arkansas, and encompassing the surrounding communities in Bowie County, Texas, and Miller County, Arkansas.
~580 ftSW
Interesting neighbourhood
Dean House, Texarkana
3 min walk • The Dean House is a historic house at 1520 Beech Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame house, built in 1911 for Thomas Mercer Dean, a local farmer and lumberman. Its principal distinguishing feature is its large Colonial Revival portico, with paired two-story Tuscan columns supporting an elaborate entablature.

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Which popular attractions are close to John Clifton House?

Nearby attractions include Dean House, Texarkana (3 min walk), Canaan Baptist Church, Texarkana (15 min walk), P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana (24 min walk).

John Clifton House, Texarkana

Facts and practical information

John Clifton House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana

Museum of Regional History, Texarkana

Four States Auto Museum, Texarkana

Canaan Baptist Church, Texarkana

P. J. Ahern Home, Texarkana

Texarkana metropolitan area, Texarkana

Dean House, Texarkana

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to John Clifton House?