The Arkansas Inn Hiding On A Totally Gorgeous Farm You’ll Want To Visit
Pratt Place has a gorgeous barn that’s pretty popular for weddings, but that’s not the whole story. Pratt Place is also home to a stunning boutique hotel where you can stay among international antiques in a renovated farmhouse in the middle of 140 acres of gorgeous greenery. That’s a mouth full, but it’s absolutely true. Pratt Place Inn and Barn is the perfect place for an event or a relaxing getaway.
The original Pratt Place house was built in 1895. Along with 140 acres of farmland, that house was purchased by the Pratt family in 1900. In fact, the third and fourth generations of the Pratt family still run the place.
Pratt Place opened as an inn in 2008. Lots of money was put into renovating the property and turning it into an inn. In fact, the cost of the renovation was more than $6 million. If you’re wondering why so much money was spent, I’d invite you to look at the results...
...but it’s also important to remember that it isn’t cheap to put a 17th century French armoire in every guest room or purchase a wedding chest dating from the Qing dynasty.
The Pratt Cottage on the grounds offers a different kind of experience: the opportunity to stay in a two bedroom house that’s on the National Register of Historic Places.
J.B. Weisenfels has lived in rural Arkansas for three decades. She is a writer, a mom, and a graduate student. She is also an avid collector of tacky fish whatnots, slightly chipped teapots, and other old things. In her spare time she enjoys driving to the nearest creek to sit a while. If you were to visit her, she'd try to feed you cornbread.
