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De Queen, Arkansas Eight Oaks Home of Mrs. E.M. Knod, Sr. Build around 1910 by E.E. and Kate Ross. Purchased by Francis and the late Melbert Knod in 1954
Locke Manor As you come to the stop sign on 9th Street, the elevated shady corner is the site of Locke Manor. Built in 1898, the house was a handsome landmark until it burned in 1973. A painting of it as it looked in 1909 is in the Museum in De Queen.
Methodist Church The Methodists erected the second church building in town. This is the second building on this site.
Presbyterian Church This church has the 1976 Bicentennial plaque as the oldest church building in the country. It was constructed by Simon E. Dollarhide. He was born in Paraclifta, son of County Judge James S. Dollarhide. He contracted to build it after constructing the town jail of heavy planks. Although the colored glass windows were not yet installed, a worship service was held here in July 1898. The steeple was finished in November. No one knows when it was blown off. Union services were being held in this church when the bell in the Methodist Church rang a fire warning. It was the destructive downtown fire of October 1, 1899. Notice the fish scale trim and the Gothic doors and windows. The curved Oak pews inside are over 80 years old.
Floid Thompson House This house was finished for the Thompson's in March 1903. The newspaper said that the contractor was Rube Wright. The interior was finished in finest grain lumber. The vertical grain pine and curly pine "were put together to perfection." The wood was beautifully rubbed with oil and the rooms were papered.
Henry Clay Williamson House This 14-room house was built in 1898. Mrs. Williamson, (a Paraclifta girl named Mary Lee Flowers) and her daughters, Florence and Grace, are recorded in the newspaper as coming from Lockesburg to inspect it. Members of the Williamson family lived in it for many years. Like the Presbyterian Church, the Williamson House has a Bicentennial marker. This house was carefully restored the the Larry Risners.
Bishop Brookes Sr. House This house was built in 1928 by B.W. Gatlin and is still occupied by a Brookes. The small tree closest to the corner is a Chinese Tallow and has exquisite coloring in the fall. It tends to freeze back in hard winters.
Dr. J.S. Cash House This white house, famous for its circular tower, was built by dentist, J.S. Cash. He preached at the Presbyterian Church on the other corner. Cash House, like the church, has a Bicentennial marker. It was completed in 1902. There are indications that the fire insurance money he received after the 1899 fire was used to replace his dental equipment and helped build this house. It had a wrap-around porch with gracious pillars, an upstairs balcony and a three story tower with 12 windows.
E.Y. Williamson House E.Y. is another of the Williamson brothers. He is the father of Miss Pearl Williamson, a De Queen school teacher and administrator for many years. The present public library is dedicated in her honor. The Williamson brothers owned a large lumber operation and mill close to De Queen. Their holdings were soon purchased by the Dierks Lumber and coal people whose business originated in Iowa. The Williamson Brothers continued to operate an early De Queen department store.
Abe Collins House This handsome yellow brick house with its dormer windows was built in 1928 for lawyer Collins. It is another of B.W. Gatlin's brick buildings. He also built the recently vacated Fire House north of the court house square and near the post office. Mr. Abe Collins devoted a long, supportive career to the growth of this town and, in 1922, wrote a newspaper account of what it had been like when he was a boy. His father, W.H. Collins, was a lawyer here and at the former county seat in Lockesburg. Mrs. Abe Collins was once state regent of DAR.
Captain John G. McKean House Captain McKean was born in Ultima Thule, Sevier County in 1837. After the Civil War he farmed near Chapel Hill. As soon as De Queen was ringing with hammers and hand saws, he moved to the city. For a while his wife and older daughters helped run a hotel. In 1897, McKean promoted incorporation of the town and urged a special school district sot here could be a well-graded public school. His oldest son, W.G. McKean started a store< W.G. McKean and Brothers, alongside that of the Lambright brothers who moved from Lockesburg.
Herman Dierks - Dr. Archer House This two story house under the trees looks gracious and airy on the hottest days. Its age is not determined. Herman Dierks was one of the family representatives at the local mill. Dr. Charles A. Archer, married to a grand daughter of Governor Harris Flanagin, was a physician and surgeon for the Dierks Company. He successively provided three hospitals in De Queen. The second was on the upper floor (over the bank) of the 1919 brick building on 2nd Street and De Queen Avenue. Dr. Archer's last hospital was on the corner of Gilson where a brick Cumberland Presbyterian Church once stood. B.W. Gatlin was the contractor for the third hospital, now demolished.
Otis T. and Effiegene Wingo House Mr. Wingo came to De Queen as an attorney in 1900. He married Effiegene of the pioneer Locke family and they promoted the social and political life of the young town. Otis T. Wingo was elected to the U.S. Senate and two of his projects resulted in the extension of rural mail service and the setting aside of Ouachita National Forest. He died in Washington and Effiegene was appointed to finish his term. She was later elected to her own term. She was one of the first two women from Arkansas to serve in the Senate. "Otis T. Wingo" has been written in the cement walk in front of this house for most of 80 years.
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