National Register of Historic Places

Clayton, W. H. H., House

Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Listed
September 3, 1970
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
70000130

About this property

The W.H.H. Clayton House, now the Clayton House Museum, is a historic house museum at 514 North 6th Street in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It is a 2+1⁄2-story L-shaped wood-frame structure, with a projecting front clipped-gable section. It has elaborate Victorian trim, including detailed window surrounds, paneled projecting bays on the front and side, and a porch with carved columns and brackets, and delicately turned balusters ringing the porch roof. The house was built in 1882 for W. H. H. Clayton, who served as a local prosecutor and was member of family prominent in state politics, and is one of the few high-quality houses of the period to survive. It is now a museum. The house was the home of W.H.H. Clayton, United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and chief prosecutor in the court of "hanging judge" Isaac Parker. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Location

514 N. 6th St.
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
35.39175, -94.42105

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Clayton, W. H. H., House listed on the National Register?

Clayton, W. H. H., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 1970.

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Clayton, W. H. H., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Clayton, W. H. H., House is recorded as the industrial era.

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