Wingmead
Wingmead is located in Arkansas
Wingmead
Location in Arkansas
Wingmead is located in the United States
Wingmead
Location in United States
LocationWest side of AR 33, 0.5 mile south of Eason Rd., Roe, Arkansas
Coordinates34°39′33″N 91°27′23″W / 34.65917°N 91.45639°W / 34.65917; -91.45639
Area5,492 acres (2,223 ha)
Built1939 (1939)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.11000302[1]
Added to NRHPMay 23, 2011

Wingmead is a large farm and country estate in eastern Prairie County, Arkansas. Encompassing about 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) in all, it is one Arkansas's largest private estates, developed by Edgar Monsanto Queeny, a president of Monsanto Corporation. Its main house, built about 1939, is one of the state's grandest examples of Colonial Revival architecture. The estate includes several features related to nature conservation and hunting, particularly Peckerwood Lake, a 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) lake created by Queeny to promote duck habitat.[2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination of Wingmead". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-25.


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