Sylvester Smith Farmstead

Historic house in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


Sylvester Smith Farmstead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


36°2′31″N 92°2′39″W / 36.04194°N 92.04417°W / 36.04194; -92.04417
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1922 (1922)
Built by	Sylvester Smith
Architectural style	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Plain Traditional
NRHP reference No.	92001222^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1992

The Sylvester Smith Farmstead is a historic farmstead in rural Izard County, Arkansas. It is located on the south side of County Road 10 (Jumbo Road), 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.^[2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Sylvester Smith Farmstead". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-01-10.