Silas Owens, Sr.

Silas Owens, Sr. (born 1907) was a mason and builder in Arkansas.

Childhood

Born in the Faulkner County in 1907, Owens was one of six sons born to Haywood Owens. Owens, like many young boys at that time, worked on the family farm, picking and cultivating cotton. Haywood also would let his sons watch construction work, which Silas took in awe. Owens then received training in carpentry and drafting from a local man; however, his skill in rockwork was largely self-taught. Shortly thereafter, Owens branched out and started contracting.

Works

His works include many listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]^[2]

Works (credits) include:

Melvin Chrisco House, 237 Alvin Brown Rd., Damascus, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Church of Christ, AR 310, Guy, AR (Owens, Silas) NRHP-listed^[2]
Earl and Oza Crownover-Brown House, 133 S. Broadway, Damascus, AR (Owens, Silas, Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Eagle Guard Station, 11 mi. W of Townsend, Townsend, MT (Owens, Dick) NRHP-listed^[2]
Richard and Mettie Ealy House, 280 Solomon Grove Rd., Twin Groves, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
First National Bank, 68 St. Francis St., Mobile, AL (Owens,Charles H.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Dennis and Christine Garrison House, 105 Garrison Rd., Greenbrier, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Charlie Hall House, 221 Old US 65, Twin Groves, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Hooten, E.E., House, 400 AR 25 N, Guy, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
IOOF Lodge, 520 Main St., Thompson Falls, MT (Owens,C.M.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Farris and Evelyn Langley House, 12 Langley Ln., Rebublican, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Lee Service Station, 28 South Broadway, Damascus, AR (Owens, Silas) NRHP-listed^[2]
Carl and Esther Lee House, 17493 US 65S, Damascus, AR (Owens, Silas, Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Mellettown United Methodist Church, 274 Mallett Town Rd., Mallet Town, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Merritt House, 139 N. Broadview, Greenbrier, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
S.D. Merritt House, 45 AR 25 N, Greenbrier, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 249 AR 107, Enola, AR (Owens, Silas, Sr., rock mason) NRHP-listed^[2]
Hubert Bond Owens House, 215 W. Rutherford St., Athens, GA (Owens, Hubert Bond) NRHP-listed^[2]
Silas Owens, Sr., House, 157 Solomon Grove Rd., Twin Groves, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Walter Patterson House, 1800 US 65N, Clinton, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Judge Alexander H. Phillips House, 705 N. Craig St., Victoria, TX (Owens,Richard) NRHP-listed^[2]
Quattlebaum-Pelletier House, 43 Ozark, Twin Groves, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Salter, James and Jewell, House, 159 S. Broadview, Greenbrier, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Sellers House, 89 Acklin Gap Rd., Conway, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Sharp House, 208 N. Gaines, Ennis, TX (Owens,G.W.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Solomon Grove Smith-Hughes Building, S of Co. Rd. 29, Twin Groves, AR (Owens, Silas, Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Spears House, 1235 AR 65 N, Greenbrier, AR (Owens, Silas) NRHP-listed^[2]
Terminal Warehouse, 211 E. Pleasant St., Baltimore, MD (Owens,Benjamin B.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Tyler-Southerland House, 36 Southerland, Conway, AR (Owens, Silas, Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Earl and Mildred Ward House, 1157 Mitchell St., Conway, AR (Owens, Silas, Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Washburn House, 40 Battles Loop, Guy, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
Joe and Nina Webb House, 2945 Prince, Conway, AR (Owens, Silas, Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]
One or more works in Castleberry-Harrington Historic District, Castleberry Rd., Republican, AR (Owens, Silas Sr.) NRHP-listed^[2]

^ Holly Hope (December 6, 2004). "A Storm Couldn't Tear Them Down: The Mixed Masonry Buildings of Silas Owens, Sr., 1938-1955". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500912.pdf.
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