Weekly Grist Gallery, January 15, 2012
Byrd house in Poyen
The Samuel D. Byrd homestead is in plain site one mile west of Poyen, Arkansas on U.S. Highway 270. If you are headed west from Poyen, it is right before the “narrow bridge”on your right. Conversely if you are headed east to Poyen, it is right after the ”narrow bridge” on your left. The house has been there since 1848, occupied until 2000 by members of the Byrd family. Hobart and Betty Byrd are the current owners. Hobart is a descendant Samuel D. Byrd who built the original structure. Here are 18 pictures of the historic home. See the stories that go with the pictures at Corndancer dot-com and Weekly Grist for the Eyes and Mind.
For a detailed history of the house and family, click here. For more information or to schedule a visit, email here.
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The Samuel D. Byrd house west of Poyen, Arkansas looking north from south. The home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Byrd house is a "dog-trot" house which started in life as a "log room," in 1848, according to National Register of Historic places documentation.
This is the northwest corner of the original "log room."
The back of the house looking from north to south.
You can easily see why these structures are called "dog-trot" houses.
Inside the south end of the breezeway looking northwest.
Also inside the south end of the breezeway looking northwest. The room to the left was the last addition to the house. The next room to the right was the original "log-room."
Inside the last added room.
Inside the storage room on the west side of the house. This is the north wall showing the original log constrtuction. Watch the light change.
See there, the light changed.
This is the south wall of the storage room with original artifacts placed by Betty and Hobart Byrd. Watch the light change.
See there, the light changed.
Inside the kitchen, complete with a wood stove. The table to the right has been in the home since 1896.
More detail of the table.
Wider view of the kitchen and table. The spinning wheel in the background has been in the Byrd family since the 1800s.
The bedroom north of the kitchen.
The east side of the "front" room added in 1896. The original fireplace was a mud fireplace. It was replaced with this brick fireplace and chimney around 1920.
The west side of the "front" room. The colors appear different from the west side due to strobe lighting.
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