Jct. AR 25 and Gainer Ferry Rd., Desha, Arkansas. County/parish: Independence.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 05, 1999. NRIS 99000263.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Wyatt House is a historic house at Gainer Ferry Road and Arkansas Highway 25 in Desha, Arkansas. It is a two-story I-house, three bays wide, with a side gable roof, end chimneys, and a single-story ell extending to the rear. The oldest portion of the house, its first floor, was built about 1870 as a dogtrot. In about 1900, the breezeway of the dogtrot was enclosed, and the second story and ell were added. The property also includes a stone wellhouse dating to the enlargement. The house was built by Samuel Wyatt, a veteran of the American Civil War.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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