Walker Homestead
USA /
Arkansas /
Garner /
World
/ USA
/ Arkansas
/ Garner
house, farm, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, vernacular (architecture)
Historic small farm listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.
Built: c. 1850 (earliest structures)
Architectural style: I-House; Vernacular Greek Revival
Areas of significance: Architecture; Agriculture
Area: about 8 acres
Structures:
- William Walker, Sr. House (c. 1850; later expanded)
- Billy Walker House (c. 1900)
- commissary building (c. 1900)
- cotton seed barn (c. 1915)
- cotton gin building (c. 1930)
- tenant house (c. 1910)
- foundation remains of a number of other structures
Date added to NRHP: 7/20/1992
Other designations: U.S. Historic District; part of the White County Multiple Property Submission
Notes: This farmstead is a good example of the evolution that early small farms experienced as their owners experienced financial success and subsequently expanded and improved the structures on their land. Multiple generations of the Walker family lived on and farmed this land, with the various buildings standing as evidence of their success.
Built: c. 1850 (earliest structures)
Architectural style: I-House; Vernacular Greek Revival
Areas of significance: Architecture; Agriculture
Area: about 8 acres
Structures:
- William Walker, Sr. House (c. 1850; later expanded)
- Billy Walker House (c. 1900)
- commissary building (c. 1900)
- cotton seed barn (c. 1915)
- cotton gin building (c. 1930)
- tenant house (c. 1910)
- foundation remains of a number of other structures
Date added to NRHP: 7/20/1992
Other designations: U.S. Historic District; part of the White County Multiple Property Submission
Notes: This farmstead is a good example of the evolution that early small farms experienced as their owners experienced financial success and subsequently expanded and improved the structures on their land. Multiple generations of the Walker family lived on and farmed this land, with the various buildings standing as evidence of their success.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Homestead_Historic_District
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°11'17"N 91°46'33"W
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- 100 Yellow Brick Road 82 km
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- Roselawn 98 km
- Searcy Country Club 5 km
- Westside Elementary School 6.3 km
- Searcy High School School Buildings 7.3 km
- Searcy High School Campus 7.4 km
- Searcy Faith Assembly of God 13 km
- Sweet Springs Airport 16 km
- Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church and Cemetery 18 km
- Blackjack Dropzone 23 km
- Henderson Cemetery 27 km
- Rose Bud Cemetery 33 km