The Rosedale Plantation Barn is a historic barn at 879 Old Military Road in
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Arkadelphia is a city in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,714. The city is the county seat of Clark County. It is situated at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. Two universities, Henderson ...
. The barn measures by , and was constructed from hand-hewn logs. It is the last surviving structure of a slave
plantation
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
that was established in 1860, and was disassembled and reconstructed at its present location in 2002 to save it from demolition. It is believed to be the largest log barn in the state.
The barn was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2004.
See also
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References
Commercial buildings completed in 1860
Buildings and structures in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Arkansas
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