Elliott and Anna Barham House, Historic residence in Zinc, United States.
The Elliott and Anna Barham House is a historic residence in Zinc featuring a symmetrical front elevation with decorative gingerbread trim and turned posts along its front porch. The structure is built into a hillside with a distinctive multi-level design, including a basement with stone walls fully exposed on its south side.
The house was built in 1917 for Elliott Barham, son of the founder of Zinc, Arkansas, and his wife Anna Barham. It is a local example of Folk Victorian design. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 2004.
The house reflects early 20th-century building styles common in rural Arkansas through its wood-frame construction and detailed ornamental details on the exterior. The decorative gingerbread trim and turned posts reveal how people in this area chose to personalize their homes during that era.
The house stands at 4085 West Street in Zinc. Because it is built into a hillside, the stone-walled basement is fully exposed on the south side and can be seen from outside; the raised main floor is reached from the uphill side.
The house sits at 4085 West Street, and its stone-walled basement is fully exposed on the south side because the cottage is built into the side of a hill. The 1917 Folk Victorian design uses a narrow 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame plan with a symmetrical front.
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