Morris Institute Dairy Barn

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Morris Institute Dairy Barn
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Nearest city Crosby, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°16′31″N91°52′1″W / 35.27528°N 91.86694°W / 35.27528; -91.86694 Coordinates: 35°16′31″N91°52′1″W / 35.27528°N 91.86694°W / 35.27528; -91.86694
Arealess than one acre
Architectural stylePlain traditional dairy barn
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001332 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 1992

The Morris Institute Dairy Barn was a historic barn in rural White County, Arkansas. It was located on the campus of the Morris Institute, northwest of Searcy off Arkansas Highway 320. It was a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof that was extended over a single-story extension on one side. Its internal arrangement was unusual, with a central drive that was intersected at one point by another drive extending into the shed section. Built about 1930, it was the county's best example of a Depression-era dairy barn. [2]

The barn 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 Morris Institute Dairy Barn" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-12.