McCollum-Chidester House

Historic house in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

McCollum-Chidester House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

McCollum-Chidester House, 2014
33°35′5″N 92°50′32″W / 33.58472°N 92.84222°W / 33.58472; -92.84222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1847 (1847)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
Part of	Washington Street Historic District (ID09001256)
NRHP reference No.	71000127^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1971
Designated CP	January 22, 2010

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.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for McCollum-Chidester House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-08.