Binks Hess House and Barn

{{short description|Historic house in Arkansas, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Binks Hess House and Barn

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| location = Off AR 14, Marcella, Arkansas

| coordinates = {{coord|35|47|20|N|91|52|53|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Arkansas#USA

| map_caption = Location in Arkansas##Location in United States

| built = {{Start date|1871}}

| architect = Burrough Bros.

| architecture = Greek Revival, Traverse Crib plan

| added = September 17, 1985

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000031|title=Stone County MRA}}

| refnum = 85002227{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Binks Hess House and Barn are a historic farm property in Marcella, Arkansas. Located just east of Arkansas Highway 14 on Partee Drive, it is a {{frac|1|1|2}}-story dogtrot house, with a side gable roof, weatherboard siding, and a stone pier foundation. A single-story porch, supported by square posts, stands in front of the open breezeway section, which is finished in flushboarding, at the center of the east-facing main facade. An ell extends to the rear. Behind the house stands the barn, built on a transverse crib plan with side shed-roof additions. Both house and barn were built about 1871 for Binks Hess, brother of Marcella's founder Thomas. The barn is believed to be the oldest in Stone County, and the first to use sawn lumber in its construction.{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/ST0027-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Binks Hess House and Barn|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2015-07-28}}

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.