Wesley Copeland House

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Wesley Copeland House
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Nearest city Timbo, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°51′11″N92°18′25″W / 35.85306°N 92.30694°W / 35.85306; -92.30694 Coordinates: 35°51′11″N92°18′25″W / 35.85306°N 92.30694°W / 35.85306; -92.30694
Arealess than one acre
Built1858 (1858)
ArchitectCopeland, Wesley
Architectural styleDogtrot Plan
MPS Stone County MRA
NRHP reference No. 85002208 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1985

The Wesley Copeland House is a historic house in rural western Stone County, Arkansas. Located on the north side of a rural road south of Timbo, it is single-story dogtrot log house, finished in weatherboard and topped by a gable roof that overhangs the front porch. The porch is supported by chamfered square posts, and there is a decorative sawtooth element at its cornice. There are two chimneys, one a hewn stone structure at the western end, and a cut stone structure at the eastern end. Built c. 1858, it is a rare antebellum house in the county, and a well-preserved example of traditional architecture. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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 Wesley Copeland House" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-17.