Binks Hess House and Barn, 19th century farm residence in Marcella, Arkansas
Binks Hess House is a single-story dogtrot residence with weatherboard siding, stone pier foundations, and a front porch with square posts framing the open breezeway. A transverse crib barn with shed-roof extensions stands nearby on the property.
Built around 1871 for Binks Hess, the brother of Marcella's founder, this early farmstead became part of the region's agricultural development in Stone County.
The house shows how rural families combined Greek Revival design with practical building methods that worked well in the Arkansas countryside.
The property sits east of Arkansas Highway 14 along Partee Drive, making it accessible from the main road through the area. Visitors should approach from the established routes serving local properties.
The barn was the first of its kind in the county and pioneered the use of sawn lumber instead of hand-hewn timber, showing an early adoption of new building technology.
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