Butler-Matthews Homestead

 house, farm, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, vernacular (architecture)

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Historic house and farm complex listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: c. 1853 (oldest agricultural buildings); 1922 (main house); most buildings date to between the 1850s and 1920s
Architectural style: I-House
Areas of significance: Agriculture; Architecture
Area: 9 acres
Structures:
- main house (1922)
- smokehouse (1910)
- potato house (c. 1895)
- well/milk house (c. 1900)
- hen house/storage building
- privy
- cow barn
- blacksmith shop
- servants' house
- office (late 1850s)
- well (pre-1900)
- 2 garages
- second barn
- corn/grain storage building
- additional outbuilding of unspecified use
Date added to NRHP: 10/28/1983
Other designations: part of the Dallas County Multiple Resource Area
Notes: This agricultural complex presents as a historically important snapshot of the early settlement and development of agriculture in this region of Arkansas.