McCollum-Chidester House

	McCollum-Chidester House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	McCollum-Chidester House, 2014
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	926 Washington St., NW, Camden, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°35′5″N 92°50′32″W / 33.58472°N 92.84222°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1847
Architectural style	Greek Revival
Part of	Washington Street Historic District (ID09001256)
NRHP reference No.	71000127
Significant dates
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]

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^ ^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.

External links[edit]

Ouachita County Historical Society web site

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for McCollum-Chidester House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-08.

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