Drennen-Scott House
National Register of Historic Places

Drennen-Scott House

Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Listed
September 9, 1971
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
71000123

About this property

The Drennen-Scott House is a historic house museum on North 3rd Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. It is a single-story log structure, finished in clapboards, with a side-gable roof that has a slight bell-cast shape due to the projection of the roof over the front porch that extends across the width of its main block. The house was built in 1836 by John Drennen, one of Van Buren's first settlers. Drennen and his brother-in-law David Thompson were responsible for platting the town, and Drennen was politically active, serving in the territorial and state legislatures, and at the state constitutional convention. The house remained in the hands of Drennen descendants until it was acquired by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, which operates it as a house museum. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Location

Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
35.43619, -94.35494

Categories

ARCHITECTURENATIVE AMERICANPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

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

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When was Drennen-Scott House listed on the National Register?

Drennen-Scott House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 1971.

What type of historic resource is Drennen-Scott House?

Drennen-Scott House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Drennen-Scott House is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1836.

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