Baynham House

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Baynham House
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LocationStephens St
Success, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°27′5″N90°43′29″W / 36.45139°N 90.72472°W / 36.45139; -90.72472 Coordinates: 36°27′5″N90°43′29″W / 36.45139°N 90.72472°W / 36.45139; -90.72472
Arealess than one acre
Built1911 (1911)
NRHP reference No. 78000579 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 1978

The Baynham House is a historic house on Stephens Street in Success, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure with a hip-and-gable roof, and a porch extending across the width of the front. It was built in 1911 by J. W. Baynham, a local lumber merchant, and is one of the few buildings in the community to survive from its heyday as a lumber town in the early 20th century. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Baynham House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-15.