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Louis N. Hilger Homestead, Livestock Barn

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Area
  
less than one acre

MPS
  
White County MPS

Added to NRHP
  
21 July 1992

Architectural style
  
Transverse-crib barn

NRHP Reference #
  
91001191

Nearest city
  
Providence, Arkansas

Louis N. Hilger Homestead, Livestock Barn

The Louis N. Hilger Homestead/Livestock Barn is a historic barn in rural northern White County, Arkansas. It is located on the south side of County Road 374 (Warren Road), west of Providence. It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a gambrel roof, board-and-batten siding, and a concrete foundation. It has a transverse crib layout, with a livestock shed extending along one side. It has two shed-roof dormers on the east side, providing light to the interior. It was built in 1939 to house mules used as draught animals for the Hilger dairy operation, and is distinctive within the county for its use of dormers and its extraordinary height, made possible by its braced-frame construction.

The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

References

Louis N. Hilger Homestead, Livestock Barn Wikipedia