Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 71000127 Opened 1847 | Built 1847 (1847) Designated CP January 22, 2010 Added to NRHP 24 June 1971 | |
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Location 926 Washington St., NW, Camden, Arkansas Part of Washington Street Historic District (#09001256) Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Fort Southerland, Poison Springs Battlegro, Arkansas Museum of Natural R, US Arsenal Building, Prairie Grove Battlefield | ||
Mccollum chidester house top 5 facts
The McCollum-Chidester House is a historic house at 926 Washington Street NW in Camden, Arkansas. It is now a museum operated by the Ouachita County Historical Society, along with the Leake-Ingham Building at the rear of the property. The 1-1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1847 by Peter McCollum and sold ten years later to Colonel John T. Chidester. It is one of the finest pre-Civil War Greek Revival mansions in the state. Chidester was a prominent businessman who controversially sought to do business with Union interests during the Civil War. After the war he established a mail company that operated so-called "Star Routes" as far west as the Arizona Territory. He was not implicated in bribery scandals that attended this operation.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.