Details for Listing #26477
Desha AR 72527
Listing Details
Property Description
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A TRUE PIECE OF INDEPENDENCE COUNTY HISTORY! I can envision an Event Venue, Bed & Breakfast, so many possibilities with this picturesque property. Originally built circa 1870 by Civil War veteran Samuel McCutchen Wyatt & his wife Mary Redmon Gainer, the home began as a traditional dogtrot farmhouse & was thoughtfully expanded around 1900 to include it's second story & rear addition. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this property stands as a rare surviving example of post-war Arkansas Homestead Architecture. The house is situated at the junction of Highway 25 (Heber Springs Road) and Gainer Ferry Road and has a beautiful level lawn with massive trees providing a canopy of shade around the home. 2 cut stone chimneys on either end of the house are... remarkable statements all of their own. The interior retains much of it's historic charm despite the modernization of city water, a septic system & electricity. The main level has a formal living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. The upper level offers 2 very large bedrooms, 1 has a tub shower installed & the plumbing stubbed for a sink & commode. (The house had some renovations in the 1990s to become a bed & breakfast). There is also plumbing stubbed in the large closet of the other upper level bedroom. The interior contents can convey! There is a large barn toward the back of the property that with some clearing appears to be a beautiful structure and remnants of some of the old fencing just give all the basis to revive this homestead. This property is in a high traffic, very visible location on the road traveling between Batesville, Mountain View, Heber Springs. The land is very level with 2 road frontages.
Listed by: Chelsea Varnell - R.M. Weaver Real Estate (Chelsea Varnell, Broker)
Chelsea Varnell
Principal Broker
870-307-4343
