John Thrasher Homestead

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John Thrasher Homestead
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Nearest city Midway, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°30′5″N91°36′50″W / 35.50139°N 91.61389°W / 35.50139; -91.61389 Coordinates: 35°30′5″N91°36′50″W / 35.50139°N 91.61389°W / 35.50139; -91.61389
Arealess than one acre
Built1885 (1885)
ArchitectThrasher, John
Architectural styleVernacular double-pen
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001362 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 23, 1992

The John Thrasher Homestead was a historic homestead in rural White County, Arkansas. It was located north of Bald Knob and southwest of the crossroads hamlet of Midway, down a lane west of United States Route 167. It was a 1-1/2 story saddlebag frame house, originally built as a single-pen structure with exterior chimney c. 1885. This was later enlarged by enclosing the chimney and adding a second pen on its other side. It was, despite deteriorating condition when surveyed in 1992, one of the finest examples of this type of design in the county. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database.

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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 John Thrasher Homestead" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-28.