User:Exiegreen/Mathis-Hyde House

Mathis-Hyde House is located in Augusta, Arkansas in the local downtown area. This house is labeled as one the most oldest to second historic places there, besides the Ferguson Household. It was built in the mid 1800's, meaning it has a lot of unique features and beautiful aspects towards it. The outside of the house sits on bricks pries and it is outlined by wood weatherboard, also on the outside of the house there is an brick chimney. The beauty of this house is the one thing that makes it historical, but the property on where the house is settled is the reason this house gets a lot of love.

Construction
Mathis-Hyde House has the infamous, Greek Revival-style which makes this house very unique. From the outside of the house, on the roof there is a brick chimney. As you first walk upon the house, you see the nice central frame wood cut front doors on the porch. This porch is supported by many wooden columns. This home is built from mainly wood plasters and sit up on bricks. The windows of the home is outlined by wood, and the stair case to walk upon the porch is outlined as well with wood.

Property history
In the 1800's the Civil War happened and destroyed everything in Augusta, Arkansas. Many people homes were destroyed and lots of local businesses. In 1865, this home was built, the builder of this home remains yet unknown. Thankfully, Augusta had a sawmill giving the local citizens what they needed so they can rebuild their homes. Mathis family bought the house from the builder either between the late 1800's or the early 1900's. The date from when the Mathis family became owners, remain unknown. This family lived inside the house until 1945, then selling the beautiful home to the Hyde family. The Hyde family stayed in the house until 1998, and yet still owns the property and now have the house as an historic site. That is how this home got's it's name "Mathis-Hyde House".

In 2011, the Mathis-Hyde house was officially marked as an piece of history in Augusta, Arkansas. The owner of the property and the mayor signed the National Register of Historic Places Registration form, making it official. This house is now piece of history, being labeled as one of the oldest and modern looking homes in Augusta Arkansas. They're open to give anyone tours and information about this home and more interesting stories about the property as well.