Garrott House
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Garrott House | |
 The Garrott House in 2006 | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | Batesville, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°46′22″N 91°38′59″W / 35.7728°N 91.6498°W |
| Built | 1842 |
| Architect | George Case |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000125 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 24, 1971 |
The Garrott House is a historic house in Batesville, Arkansas, located at the corner of Sixth and Main Streets. Built in 1842, it is the oldest standing house in the Batesville area.
Built in 1842 by George Case for his wife's sister and husband, Robert and Eliza Ridgway Williams, this was the first structure in Batesville to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. When Robert Williams' widow emigrated to California in 1853, Case took possession of the house, and later deeded it to his daughter, Mary Catherine Case Maxfield, who owned the house until her death in 1940. The Rev. and Mrs. E.P.J. Garrott, daughter and son-in-law of the Maxfields, then lived in the house until the mid-1960s. It has been restored by the current owners and residents.