The Rector Log Barn is a historic barn in rural

Izard County, Arkansas Izard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,696. The county seat is Melbourne. Izard County is Arkansas's 13th county, formed on October 27, 1825, and named for War of 1812 Gener ...

. It is located on the Rector Plantation, at the end of County Road 218, northwest of

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. Its central portion, a log structure stories in height, was built c. 1855, and is the only known example in the region of an

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log barn. The main structure is flanked on all sides by 20th-century single-story shed-roof extensions, which serve in part to protect the historic log elements. The barn was built by Joseph William Rector, an early settler of Izard County, probably with the use of slave labor. The barn was listed on the

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in 1993.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1855 Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Izard County, Arkansas Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas {{IzardCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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