Jacob Wolf House, Historic log house museum in Norfork, Arkansas, United States.
The Jacob Wolf House is a two-story log structure on Arkansas Highway 5 in Norfork, built in 1825. Its saddlebag plan sets the upper floor over an open dogtrot breezeway, and a two-story porch with an outside stair leads to the upper rooms. The original chinking has been replaced with modern mortar.
Jacob Wolf, the first documented white settler of the Norfork area, built this log house in 1825. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and is now maintained by the Department of Arkansas Heritage as a historic house museum.
The house is named for Jacob Wolf, the first documented white settler of the Norfork area, who built it in 1825. Today the Department of Arkansas Heritage runs it as a historic house museum, so visitors see the saddlebag log construction and the two-story porch rather than a working courthouse.
The house stands on Arkansas Highway 5 in Norfork, so it is reached by road; the sources record no visitor facilities, parking or set hours. It is run as a historic house museum by the Department of Arkansas Heritage, so check opening arrangements with that agency before travelling. The two-story porch and its outside stair are the features to look for on arrival.
The house was built in 1825 by Jacob Wolf, the first documented white settler of the area, and it is architecturally a "saddle bag": a two-story dog trot with the second floor built over the open breezeway. A two-story porch with an outside stair gives access to the upper rooms.
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