The Sylamore Scenic Byway is a scenic route in the Arkansas Scenic Byways program. The route runs through the Sylamore Ranger District of the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas for 26.5 miles (42.6 km) in Stone County. It passes through undeveloped forest land as a scenic route to Blanchard Springs Caverns.
The Edward Ransom Farmstead, Livestock and Equipment Barn was a historic agricultural outbuilding in rural White County, Arkansas. It was located on the Ransom Farmstead, a few miles south of Midway, on the west side of United States Route 167. It was a 1+1⁄2-story structure, built in part out of logs and in part out of wood framing. Its principal form was derived from three log cribs, joined by saddle- and V-notching, a form not seen anywhere else in the county. It was built about 1915.
Optimus is an unincorporated community in Stone County, Arkansas, United States. Optimus is located on Arkansas Highway 5, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) south of Calico Rock. The Miles Jeffery Barn, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Optimus.
The Sylvester Smith Farmstead is a historic farmstead in rural Izard County, Arkansas. It is located on the south side of County Road 10, about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) northeast of its junction with County Road 13 in Boswell. The central feature of the farmstead is a single story Plain-Traditional wood-frame house, built in 1922 by Sylvester Smith, a prominent local farmer who also served as the local railroad telegrapher and agent. Smith built a barn, chicken house, smokehouse, and corn crib the following year, and the complex grew in later years to include a garage and privy. It is one of the best-preserved and least-altered farmsteads of the period in the county.
The Clarence Anderson Barn is a historic barn on the north side of Arkansas Highway 66 in the hamlet of Newnata, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with vertical board siding and enclosed sheds on the side. The interior is organized in a transverse crib manner. Built in 1925, the building is distinctive for the pair of gable-roof dormers placed near the ridge line; this sort of feature is not usually found on barns in the region.
The Davis Barn is a historic barn in rural Stone County, Arkansas. It is located on the west side of Bob Davis Mountain Road southwest of Pleasant Grove and Mill Creek. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, built on a double crib plan. It has vertical board siding, and an unusually wide driveway between the cribs. Built in 1915, it is a rare 20th-century example of the double crib form, which was more commonly executed in log construction in the 19th century.
The William Dillard Homestead is a historic homestead property in rural northeastern Stone County, Arkansas. It is located on the Round Bottom area northeast of Mountain View, on a plateau above the river's flood plain. It consists of two log structures, both now used as barns, that were built c. 1837, and are the oldest standing structures in the county. A single-pen log cabin stands on rough stone piers, and is covered by a gable roof. The walls are rough-hewn logs, joined by V notches. A shed-roof ell extends on the southern side of the structure, and more modern box-constructed sheds are attached to the north and east sides. A double crib barn stands across the road from the cabin.
The Orvall Gammill Barn is a historic barn on the northeast side of Stone County Road 87 northwest of Big Springs, Arkansas. It is a two-story structure, built out of a combination of logs and timber framing, with a gable roof, the gable oriented toward the road. It is built in a transverse crib pattern, with a series of log cribs fashioned out of hand-hewn logs joined by V notches, with a wood framed loft area above. A shed addition extends along the building's north side. It was built in 1922 by Orvall Gammill, and is locally unusual due to its transverse crib form being executed in logs rather than lumber framing.
The Binks Hess House and Barn are a historic farm property in Marcella, Arkansas. Located just east of Arkansas Highway 14 on Partee Drive, it is a 1+1⁄2-story dogtrot house, with a side gable roof, weatherboard siding, and a stone pier foundation. A single-story porch, supported by square posts, stands in front of the open breezeway section, which is finished in flushboarding, at the center of the east-facing main facade. An ell extends to the rear. Behind the house stands the barn, built on a transverse crib plan with side shed-roof additions. Both house and barn were built about 1871 for Binks Hess, brother of Marcella's founder Thomas. The barn is believed to be the oldest in Stone County, and the first to use sawn lumber in its construction.
The Thomas E. Hess House is a historic house on Arkansas Highway 14 in Marcella, Arkansas. It is a two-story I-house, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, weatherboard siding, and stone foundation. A two-story porch extends across the middle three bays of the north-facing front facade, with some jigsaw decorative work and turned balusters. An ell extends to the rear, and the rear porch has been enclosed. The house was built in 1900 by Thomas E. Hess, grandson of William Hess, the area's first white settler. Other buildings on the property include a barn, stone cellar, and a log corn crib that was originally built as a schoolhouse.
The Fred Lancaster Barn is a historic barn in rural eastern Stone County, Arkansas. It is located in the Round Bottom area northeast of Mountain View. It is a traditional-format four-crib log structure with a tall gable roof. Each of its cribs measures about 12 by 20 feet, and are divided by crossing driveways. The barn was built in 1918 by Fred Lancaster, and represents a transition from the traditional style crib barn to one with a transverse layout.
The H.S. Mabry Barn is a historic barn in rural central Stone County, Arkansas. It is located on the north side of County Road 21, south of Mountain View. It is a large two-story wood-frame structure, built in a transverse crib plan with animal stalls flanking a central drive that parallels the ridge of the gabled roof. Sheds extend the covered area on each of the long sides. The barn was built c. 1922 by Albert Hubbler to house H. S. Mabry's mule herd, and is noted for its unusually large size.
The Sam Cooley Barn is a historic barn, located just outside Bald Knob, Arkansas south of Collins Road. It is a two-story frame structure in a transverse crib configuration, with a metal roof, vertical board walls, and a stone pier foundation. Its main drive is oriented east–west, with the main vehicle entrance on the west, topped by a sliding door at the second level to allow tall equipment into the barn, and an animal entrance on the north side. Built about 1920, it is one of the best-preserved barns of that period in White County.
The Jim Morris Barn is a historic barn on the south side of Arkansas Highway 66 in Timbo, Arkansas. It is a two-story gambrel-roofed frame structure, with a stone foundation and board-and-batten exterior. Built in a transverse crib plan, it has a narrow central path instead of a wide drive typical of the form. Built c. 1900, it is unusual in having been designed specifically for the stabling of horses, rather than more general-purpose usage of most area barns.
The Pinky Pruitt Barn is a historic barn on the south side of Arkansas Highway 14, just west of St. James, Arkansas. It is a single-crib structure 1+1⁄2 stories in height, built out of rough-hewn logs, with a stone pier foundation. It is surrounded on three sides by open sheds supported by log posts. It was built about 1890, and is reflective of the earliest form of barn built in Stone County by arriving settlers.
The Louis Gray Homestead, Barn is a historic barn in rural White County, Arkansas. It is located off Arkansas Highway 157 east of Plainview. It is a two-story frame structure, with a gambrel roof and side shed, and is finished with board-and-batten siding. It is built in a transverse crib plan, with five bays on the left and six on the right, with a hay loft above. It has a hay hood. Built about 1932, it is a well-preserved and little-altered example of this form within the county.
The Martindale Corn Crib is a historic farm outbuilding in rural northern White County, Arkansas. It is located west of Letona, in a field near a barn on the south side of Arkansas Highway 310. It is a small single-story wooden structure, built out of plank framing on a stone pier foundation, with a gabled metal roof on top. Built in 1924, it is a rare surviving example of post-and-nailer construction, in which the wall studs are stabilized by a horizontal member halfway up their length.
The Howard O'Neal Barn was a historic barn near Russell, Arkansas. It was located southeast of the city off Roetzel Road. It was a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gambrel roof. In layout it has a transverse crib plan, and was designed to house equipment, farm animals, and feed. Built about 1938, it was a good example of a period barn in White County.
The Pence-Carmichael Farm, Barn and Root Cellar are a pair of historic farm outbuildings in rural western White County, Arkansas. They are located just east of the hamlet of Romance, off Arkansas Highway 31 on Carmichael Lane. The barn is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a weatherboarded exterior and stone pier foundation. It has an unusual internal layout, with a transverse crib plan that has a cross-gabled drive, and a side shed extension. The root cellar is a single-story stone structure with a flat roof; it is one of the county's rare early 20th-century stone farm outbuildings.
The Walls Farm Barn and Corn Crib were historic farm outbuildings in rural southern Lonoke County, Arkansas. The barn was a two-story gable-roofed structure, with a broad central hall and a shed-roof extension to one side. The corn crib was a single story frame structure, with a gable-roofed center and shed-roofed extensions around each side. They were built c. 1907–08, and were relatively unaltered examples of period farm architecture when they were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The buildings have been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database.
