Casey House - Mountain Home, Arkansas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

This building is currently undergoing renovations and is slated to become a museum.

The Casey House in Mountain Home is a well-constructed frame dog-trot built circa 1858. Though styled like many pioneer homes in Arkansas, the Casey House is unusual in the materials used in its construction. In contrast to the rough-hewn logs used in most dog-trot style houses, the Casey House is sheathed in clapboard siding with wide flush-board lining the central breezeway. The rustic refinement is continued on the interior with wainscoting used in both rooms.

The rectilinear floor plan of the Casey House contains two rooms separated by an open breezeway. This typical dog-trot style structure has a wide verandah across the front (east) elevation. A wood-shingled gable roof covers the house and extends into a shed roof over the front verandah. Some additions made to the house after it was constructed have been removed, thus restoring the house to its original rectilinear shape.

The facade is symmetrical and divided by the central breezeway. Each of the two rooms has a single front entry with a transom over the paneled door. Double hung sash windows with nine over six lights flank both entrances. A simple wood moulding surrounds the doors and windows on the facade and the two doorways opening off either side of the breezeway. Like the front entries, the breezeway entries also have a transom above a single paneled door.

Twin chimneys once flanked the north and south elevations, rising above the ridge line of the gable roof. The north chimney is no longer standing, but the south chimney is still in place. This cut stone exterior chimney covers about one-third of the south elevation.

- Arkansas Preservation

Street address: Arena Dr and E Wade Avenue Mountain Home, AR USA 72653 County / Borough / Parish: Baxter Year listed: 1975 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person Periods of significance: 1850-1874 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Vacant/Not In Use Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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