Co. Rd. 56 E of jct. with AR 267, Garner, Arkansas. County/parish: White.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 20, 1992. NRIS 91001351.
Part of White County MPS (NRIS 64500033).
6 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Walker Homestead Historic District encompasses a collection of related agricultural and homesteading properties in rural White County, Arkansas. Located on Gum Spring Road about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Arkansas Highway 267 southwest of Searcy, the district includes two farmstead houses, a barn, tenant housing, cotton gin, and other features. The oldest portion of the oldest house is a single pen log structure built about 1850 by William Walker, one of the area's early settlers, while the other house is a c. 1900 vernacular Greek Revival structure built by Billy Walker, Sr. The district encapsulates a typical evolutionary history of rural properties in the region, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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