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Shelton-Rich Farmstead

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Shelton-Rich Farmstead
Nearest cityWebb City, Arkansas
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Built1880; 144 years ago (1880)
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Folk Victorian
NRHP reference No.89001423[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1989

The Shelton-Rich Farmstead is a historic farm property in rural Franklin County, Arkansas. The property consists of 80 acres (32 ha) of land, whose principal built feature is a farmhouse, along with a well, stone walls, and the Shelton family cemetery. The farmhouse is a two-story log structure, finished in weatherboard, with two stone chimneys. The house was built in stages, the earliest of which was c. 1880. The house is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the county.[2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Shelton-Rich Farmstead". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-09-28.