Taylor Log House and Site

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Taylor Log House and Site
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Location in United States
Nearest city Winchester, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°46′11″N91°33′4″W / 33.76972°N 91.55111°W / 33.76972; -91.55111 Coordinates: 33°46′11″N91°33′4″W / 33.76972°N 91.55111°W / 33.76972; -91.55111
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1846 (1846)
Architectural styleDog Trot
NRHP reference No. 95001168 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 1995

The Taylor Log House and Site is a historic plantation site on Arkanasas Highway 138 in rural Drew County, Arkansas, near the town of Winchester. Included on the plantation site is the best-preserved dog trot house in Arkansas's Lower Delta region. The Taylor Log House, a two-story dog trot built out of cypress logs, was built in 1846 by John Martin Taylor, a Kentucky native who established a plantation on the banks of Bayou Bartholomew. The building was moved, probably in the 1880s. In addition to the house, the site is believed to include archeologically significant remnants of a wide variety of outbuildings. The site was the subject of archeological activities in the 1990s. [2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [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 Taylor Log House and Site". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-21.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)