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1 " Form No 3-3'JC (Rev 0-74) S' OFTtlE STEKOK f ~NA~VE HSTORC SEE NST~UCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETE NATONAL REGSTER FOlMS T'PE ALL ENTR E3 -- COMPLETE APPLlCAaLE SECTlOPlS casey H&se AND/OR COMMON STREET& NUMBER CTY TOWN STATE Fargrounds -NOT FOR PUSLCATON CONG4ESSlONAL DSTRCT Xountan Home - VCNTY OF Wee Arkansas, CODE 0 5 COUNTY CODE Baxt er 005 f, CATEGORY OWNERSHP STATUS -DSTRCT ZPUSLC -OCCUPED XBULDNG~~ -PRVATE UNOCCUPED -STRUCTURE -BOTH -WORK N PROGRESb -STE PUBLC ACQUSTON ACCESSBLE -OBJECT -N PROCESS %YES: RESTRCTED -BENG CONSDERED -YES UNRESTRCTED -NO PRESENT USE -AGRCULTURE -MUSEUM,COMMERCAL -PAR( -EDUCATONAL -PRVATE RESDENCE -ENTERTANMENT -RELGOUS -GOVERNMENT -SCENTFC -NDUSTRAL -MLTARY -TRANSPORTATON )s-other:~o~ n use NA hl E Baxter County -- STREET & NUBWBER Baxter ~ o ~ Cowthouse t y CTY TOWN =LOCATON COURTHOUSE REGSTRY OF OEEOSETC STREET & NUMaER CN TOWN STATE Moutan Home - VCNTY OF Arkansas OF LEGAL DESCRPTON crclt Clerk s offce Baxter Comtv Co-use STATE Mountan Home -Arkansas ~ ~RRXPRESENTATON N EXSTNG SURVEYS TTLE DEPOSTORY FOR SlJRVEY RECORDS -FEDERAL -STATE -COUNTY,LOCAL - -- C Y TO'EN STATE

2 CONDTON CHECK ONE CHECK ONE -EXCELLENT -DETERORATED -UPALTE~ED XORGNAL STE TGOOD -RUNS X n ~ ~ -MOVED ~ DATF ~ ~ ~ -FAR -UNEXPOSED DESCRBE THE PRESENT AND ORGNAL (F KNOWN) PHYSCAL APPEARANCE The Casey House n Mountan Home s a well-constructed frame dog-trot bult crca 858 Though styled lke many poneer homes n Arkansas, the Casey House s unusual n the materals used n ts constructon n contrast to the rough-hewn logs used n most dog-trot style houses, the Casey House s sheathed n clapboard sdng wth wde flush-board lnng the central breezeway The rustc refnement s contnued on the nteror wth wanscotng used n both rooms??he rectlnear floor plan of the Casey House contans *do rooms separated by an open breezeway Ths typcal c?og-trot style structure has a wde verandah across the front (east) elevaton A wood-shngled gable roof covers the house and extends nto a shed roof over the front verandah Some addtons made to the house after t was constructed have been removed, thus restorng the house to ts orgnal rectlnear-: sha;?e The facade s symmetrcal and dvded by the central breezeway Each of the 3 - two rooms has a sngle front entry wth a transom over the paneled Soor- 9 3 Double hung sash wndows wth nne over sx lghts flank both entrances A ; smple wood mouldng surrounds the doors and wndows on the facade and tho, T two doorways openng off ether sde of the breezeway Lke the front entres, d the breezeway entres also have a transom above a sngle paneled door Twn chqmeys once flanked the north and south elevatons, rscg above the rdge lnd of the gable roof The north chmney s no longer standng, but the south chmney s stll n place Ths cut stone exteror chmney covers about one-thrd of the south elevaton The nteror of the Casey House has sngle-ter paneled wanscot n both raons The wall surface above the wanscot was probably covered by wallpaper when the house was constructed, and wll be refnshed as the restoraton of the house contnues Though damaged n some spots, the orgnal wde plank floorng s stll n place O2poste the breezeway entry n the south room s a large stone freplace Bult of cut stone lke the chmney, ths freplace has a rectangular shape wth a wde keystone over the hearth' The Casey House has been unoccuped for a number of years and s n a somewhat deterorated condton; however, Baxter County has recently purchased the property and county funds are beng used to repar and restore the house Work accomplshed thus far conssts of removng the ell addton on the north rear eevaton;:re-roofng the:structure wtjx wood shngles, rebuldng the porch floor on the verandah, =d replacng some 'of the porch posts- Further restoraton work wll be Carre,': out as funds become avalable The Casey House s located on ts orqnal ste, whch s n0v a part of the Eaxter County fargrounds Colonel Casey's store, whch was orgnally located about thrty feat southeast of hs house, s no longer standng and thare'are no vsble remans of tha structure A chan lnk fence encloses the tree shadad t3

3 4 =arm So G-300a Rev 0-74) CNTE ST:\'TES DEPrlK'>lENT OF Tl4E h'~ok FOR NPS USE ONLY NATONAL PARK SERVCE : :,, (6: * :: ~-)**'ONAL REGSEX OF HSTORC PLACES MJENTOXY -- N0MNATON FORM OAT E ENTERED CONT NUATlOlY SHEET TEM NUMBER PAGE a medcal doctor and the frst postmaster n Mountan Home, the younger Casey was also an mportnt fgure n early Baxter County hstory The store whch Colonel Casey operated was qute successful, as s evdenced n the offcal Maron County records n 860 Randolph Casey dentfed hmself as a merchant and valued hs real and personal estates at several thousand dollars Ten years earler he had regstered as a farmer n the 850 Tennessee census and valued hs real estate at $2,00000 Thus, hs move to Arkansas brought mmedate fnancal success Casey contnued to operate hs store n Mountan Home untl he sold out and retred n 885 Accordng to Goodspeed, Colonel Casey enlsted n the fourteenth ConEederate Arkasas nfantry n 86 After servng n Captan Adran's Company, h= was hoforably dscharged at Cornth, Msssspp, n the years followng the Cvl War Casey became nvolved n local poltcs When Baxter County was formed n 873, Colonel Casey became ts frst representatve to the (CY state legslature The Casey House, bult more than a century and a quarter ago, remans n good condton Though archt2cturally mportant as a good example of a dog-trot structure, the prmary sgnfcance of the Casey House les n ts assocatons wth persons and events n early Baxter County hstory Wthn the past decade the decendants of Colonel Casey have sold hs home to Baxter County When fully restored the house wll be a meanngful monument to Mountan Home's frst ctzen One l

4 ( 3 Goodspeed Brothers Publshers- A Xemnscert Hstory of the Ozark Regon Chcago: Goodspeed Publshng Company, 890 y 4 Hall, C G Hstorcal Rsport of the Secretary of State, 958 Lttle Rock: { publsher unknorm, 958 Messck, Mary Ann Hstory Eaxter ountan Home, Arkansas: 2 Mountan Home Chamber of Commerce, 973 ~GEDGXAPHCAL DATA "d ACREAGE OF NOMNATED PROPERTY less &than one apre a UTM REFEF~ENCES 4 AM 55,5450J ~4,0~,9~s,~,oj 4 L l ~ J ~ NORTHNG 4 ZONE EASTNG NORTHNG j c ~ ~, ~ ~ ~ ~ DW[ ~, ] l ] ~ l t w -r VERSAL BOUNDARY DESCRPTON > ZONE EASTNG u : : - f LST ALL STATES AND COUNTES FOR PROPERTES OVERLAPPNG STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARES ' STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUN~Y CODE ; a ~SFORN PREFAEBD BY NAME / TTLE Danna Krk, Xstoran 2 7 ORGANZATON DATE 9 Arkansas Hstorc Pr-n~~+-n ~raqram September 9, STREET & NUMBER TELEHONE 300 West Markham CTY OR TOWN : STATE Lttle Rock F-rkan sas 4 STATE HSTORC PRESERVATON OFFCER CERTFCATON THE EVALUATED SGNFCANCE OF THS PROPERTY WTHN THE STATE S: NATONAL - STATE - LOCAL - - L : : As the dssgnated State Hstorc Preservaton Offcer for the Natonal ~ st~rc Preservaton Act o 966 (Publc Law ) hereby nomnate ths pr0perty for ncluson n the Natonal Regster and certythat t has b+en evaluated accordng to the crtera and procedures set forth by the Natonal Park Servce - -, _'_ V SGNATURE Gene Rchardson f TTLE State Hstorc Preservaton Offcer r,, -',=oq r,;?s USSO#&Y : ' : : :, ' HE~ESY C ' E R THATTH~S:PROPERMS ~ ~ NCLUDE^ NTHE NATO*&L~EG~STER' : <::,;:, ' ' : : ;:-,, > : :: : : : :,:, ' " _:,: "-DATE d -,,, : > 3RECTC3R'OFFCE OFAf3CHEOLOGY AND HlSTOFllC 23ESER'ATlBN ' : ATTEST: :, ;;, : DATE : ;' ;' #:, ;,', - - DATE September 9, 975,,-= *r,?e,? OFT-E EA'TONAL REGST$%- ', : :, - f f

5 p 4 + =orm?no 0-3U0a Rev 0-74) UNl-fCL: STATES DEP,\K'XlkS~T OF ---2 NTLHOK NA'TONAL PARK SERVCE ONAL REG3S'ER OF HSTORC PLACE5 : - RECEVED DATE ENTERED CONT NUAT:ON SHEET TEM NUMBER 7 PAGE one lot on whch the house rests and protects t from vandalsm Structurally, the house s n farly good condton, thus facltatng ts restoraton

6 a SGNFCANCE PEROD AREAS OF SGNFCANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTFY BELO'N -PSEHSTOFJlC ARCHCOLOGY-PREHST9RC -COMMUNTY PLANNNG -LAFDSAPEARCHlTECTUFE -RELGON ' AACHE3LOGY -HSTORC -COFSERVAON -LAW -SCENCE AGRCULTURE --ECONOMCS -LTERATUlE -SCULPTJRE RCHTECTU~E -EDUCATON -#MLTARY -SOCA UHUMANTARAN, A R T -ENGNEERNG -MC;SC -THEATER x COMMERCE L ~ ~ -PHLOSOPHY ~ ~ ~ ~ --TRAYSPORTATON [j COMMUNCATONS -NDUSTRY -POLTCS/GOVERNMENT -0TPER [SPECFY) -NVENTON ' j SPECFC DATES c 858 ~LLDER/ARCH TECT : STATEMENT OF SGNFCANCE The Casey House s the most nportant hstorc structure n the north Arkansas town of Mountan Home About 858 Colonel Randolph D Casey bult ths two- t, room dog-trot house for hs famly On the same lot Colonel Casey bult a frane store, the frst commercal structure n the Mountan Home area Ths small store also housed the frst post offce n Mountan Home and was the ste of the frst court ever held n Baxter County (Court records show that the county pad Colonel Casey $700 rent per month for the use of hs store) Though the old store has long snce dsapseared, the nearby Casey House stll stands as a remnder of the early days n Mountan Home's hstory Archtecturally, the Casey House s nusual n the use of constructon materals 9 for ts partcular style The house s constructed as a dog-trot wth two large rooms on ether end separated by an open breezeway through the mddle Across the facade s a long verandah supported by smple square posts Most poneer homes bult n ths style were constructed entrely of rough hewn logs; ; however, the Casey House was bult wth mlled lumber over the log frang Clasboard sdng covers the exteror walls wth flush-boardlnng the oten breezeway The nterors are lned n flush-board over paneled wanscot Transoms over the paneled doors add to the refnement of the antebellum Casey House, Ths archtecturally nterestng resdence was bult about 858 n-the kapp's Barrens communty n 855 Colonel Randolph D Casey had moved hs famly from ther home n Hardeman County, Tennessee, to Maron County, Arkansas Colonel Casey opened the frst store n the communty and later bult hs home nearby Though the house and store remaned unaltered, the communty and n even the county around them changed Rapp's Barrens became Mountan Home, and n 873 Baxter County was forned from parts of Maron and three other countes : Randolph D Casey wasoneoftheeldest of a dozen chldren born to Hram and Catherne DePrest Casey At age eghteen Randolph Casey marred and began farmng n western Tennessee n 838 he was elected colonel of the 24th Tennessee Elta, a ttle he carred throughout hs lfe' - As a part of the Tennessee Mlta, Casey was nvolved n movng the Charokees to the ndan Naton Colonel Casey was elected clerk for Hardaman County n 844, brt n t'ne next decade moved hs famly west to Arkansas Settlng at Rapp's Barrens n 855, Casey was accompaned not only by hs wfe and chldren, but also by hs mother, Mrs Catherne Casey, and hs youngest brother, John Casey As : : t ess

7 ,- Zorm %o 0-500a aev o-7~) 6 UNTED STATES DkPrZ KTXltS'T Ot THE N''kK [OK NATONAL PARK SERVCE mstoxlc PLACES LhoNAL REGlsmR NVENTOXY -- NCaMNATON FORM RECEVED DATE ENTERED CONTl NU ATON SHEET TEM NUMBER PAGE One r Shras, Frances H Hstory of Baxter County Mountan Home: Shras Brothers Prnt Shop, c 940 U S Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Seventh Census ofthe Unted States, 850 Populaton Schedule for Hardeman County, Tennessee Mcroflm, Arkansas Hstory Commsson, U S Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Eghth Census of the Unted States, 860 Populaton Schedule for Maron County, Arkansas, Mcroflm, Arkansas Hstory Commsson

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