Brady Hays Homestead

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Brady Hays Homestead
Nearest city Denmark, Arkansas
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Built1885 (1885)
Built byBrady Hays
Architectural styleVernacular ell-shaped
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001312 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1991

The Brady Hays Homestead was a historic farmstead in rural northern White County, Arkansas. The property included a house and barn built about 1885 by Brady Hays. The house was a double pen frame house of vernacular style, and the barn was a notably large two story transverse crib design, incorporating an older barn into its structure. [2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [2] It was reported to be destroyed by fire in 2007, and it has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Brady Hays Homestead". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  3. "Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-26.