Historic District Commission — Fayetteville, AR
Date: 2026-05-14
Time: 17:30

113 W. Mountain St
 Fayetteville, AR 72701

 Historic District Commission Agenda
 City Hall Meeting Room 101/ Virtual Meeting Via Zoom
 Thursday, May 14, 2026
 5:30 PM


 Members
 Chair Christine Myres (Exp: 06/28)
 Vice Chair Cheri Coley (Exp: 06/27)
 Meredith Mahan (Exp: 06/26)
 Jennifer Didway (Exp: 06/27)
 Tommie Flowers Davis (Exp: 06/27)
 Mark Harper (Exp: 06/27)
 Karen Rorex (Exp: 06/28)

 City Staff
 Long Range and Historic Preservation Planner Kylee Cole
Long Range Planning and Special Projects Manager Britin Bostick
Historic District Commission May 14, 2026




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2026 Historic Preservation Awards

Call to Order

Roll Call

Minutes
 Approval of the April 9, 2026 Meeting Minutes.


Unfinished Business

 Downtown Plan Update

 Proposed Fayetteville Black Local Historic District

 Review proposal for the creation of a local historic district recognizing the historic
 Black community in Fayetteville.


 Proposed South Fayetteville Local Historic District

 Review proposal for the creation of a local historic district in south Fayetteville
 with significance as a working-class residential neighborhood.


 Oak Grove Local Historic District Amendment

 Review request to amend the boundary of the Oak Grove Local Historic District to
 include the property at 515 N. Park Avenue.


New Business


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Announcements

Adjournment




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113 W. Mountain St
 Fayetteville, AR 72701

 Historic District Commission Agenda
 City Hall Meeting Room 101/ Virtual Meeting Via Zoom
 Thursday, May 14, 2026
 5:30 PM


 Members
 Chair Christine Myres (Exp: 06/28)
 Vice Chair Cheri Coley (Exp: 06/27)
 Meredith Mahan (Exp: 06/26)
 Jennifer Didway (Exp: 06/27)
 Tommie Flowers Davis (Exp: 06/27)
 Mark Harper (Exp: 06/27)
 Karen Rorex (Exp: 06/28)

 City Staff
 Long Range and Historic Preservation Planner Kylee Cole
Long Range Planning and Special Projects Manager Britin Bostick
Historic District Commission May 14, 2026




Zoom Information

 Webinar ID: 840 2719 5015
 Registration Link: https://fayetteville-
 ar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f7HGmAuqT-ipZ__Xsp5EzQ

2026 Historic Preservation Awards

Call to Order

Roll Call

Minutes
 Approval of the April 9, 2026 Meeting Minutes.


Unfinished Business

 Downtown Plan Update

 Proposed Fayetteville Black Local Historic District

 Review proposal for the creation of a local historic district recognizing the historic
 Black community in Fayetteville.


 Proposed South Fayetteville Local Historic District

 Review proposal for the creation of a local historic district in south Fayetteville
 with significance as a working-class residential neighborhood.


 Oak Grove Local Historic District Amendment

 Review request to amend the boundary of the Oak Grove Local Historic District to
 include the property at 515 N. Park Avenue.


New Business


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Announcements

Adjournment




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TO: Historic District Commission

FROM: Kylee Cole, Long Range & Preservation Planner

MEETING DATE: May 14, 2026

SUBJECT: Proposed Fayetteville Black Local Historic District


Background:
On December 31, 2025, the City Clerk-Treasurer’s Office verified a resident-submitted petition
to propose a local historic district referred to as “Spout Spring Historic District”1. The Clerk-
Treasurer’s office verified seventy-three (73) signatures out of the total of one-hundred forty-
three (143) property owners within the proposed boundary. Their final calculation shows that
51% of property owners within the proposed district signed the petition. The required
percentage of signatures according to the Arkansas Historic Districts Act is 51%.

Following the validation of signatures, staff began intensive research into the properties
included within the boundary as submitted with the petition. Results from the Phase 1 Citywide
Survey of Historic Properties and additional property research were used to develop this report.
Since the petition was submitted with the intent of creating a local historic district associated
with historically Black-owned properties, information about past owners was required beyond
what was captured by the Phase 1 survey. Through a detailed review of deeds and property
records available from the Washington County Assessor’s Office, a chain of ownership was
identified for each property (Exhibit D). Owner names were cross referenced with census
records, archived city directories, newspaper articles, birth and death certificates, and obituaries
to confirm the identity of the owner. From this research a list of historically Black owned
properties was generated in support of the local historic district theme as submitted (Figure 3).
Some properties did not have a documented history of Black ownership but had historic-age
buildings associated with the 20th century working class neighborhood development in South
Fayetteville, and these are discussed in a separate staff report and recommendation for the
South Fayetteville Local Historic District.

April 9, 2026 Historic District Commission Meeting - Staff presented the initial report and
findings on the proposed district to the Historic District Commission (HDC) at their April 9, 2026
regular meeting. Staff’s recommendations for splitting the proposed historic district into two
separate districts based on ownership history and recommendations from the Phase 1 Citywide
Survey of Historic Properties were discussed in detail. The HDC requested that staff return to
the May meeting with separate reports detailing the recommendations.

The creation of local historic districts is supported by four elements of the City’s Heritage &

1
 Due to the length of time spent on petition signature gathering, additional research and community meetings have made clear that
“Spout Spring” is not a placename that the neighborhood and long-time residents support. Alternative names should be pursued and
are discussed within this report. Until a formal name is agreed upon by the neighborhood, the neighborhood will be referred to
broadly as the “Fayetteville Black Local Historic District.”
Historic Preservation Plan adopted in July 2023:
Heritage and Historic Preservation Master Plan Relevant Goals and Action Items
 1.9 Plan Review Include historic preservation staff in review of proposed major projects
 and zoning changes to determine impacts to historic resources.
 1.10 Demolition Pass an ordinance to allow for the review of proposed demolitions for
 Ordinance resources forty-five years or older. Staff to evaluate each property for
 significance. Work with property owner to discourage demolition.
 Reviews should be taken up by HDC as needed.
 3.7 Local Historic Poll NRHP historic district property owners to gauge interest in
 District becoming a local historic district. Based on poll results, prioritize
 Designation facilitation of local historic district designation.
 4.9 Community Publish information about historic preservation reviews and demolitions
 Engagement: of historic properties to increase transparency.
 Transparency

Boundary as Submitted:
The submitted boundary encompasses two areas located southeast of downtown (Figure 1). The
northern section is roughly bound by East Spring Street, North Walnut Avenue, East Huntsville
Road, and North Washington Avenue. The southern section is roughly bound by South Willow
Avenue, East 7th Street, South College Avenue, and East South Street/East Huntsville Road.
 Figure 1. Proposed Local
 Historic District Boundary
 as submitted by
 petitioners shown in red.
Recommended Boundary:
Since the petition was submitted with the stated intent of creating a local historic district based
on Black ownership, the boundary below is recommended to reflect properties that were
historically Black-owned. Importantly, the recommendation below does not reflect in anyway on
the historic owners or their importance to the community. This boundary is solely intended to
capture the highest proportion of extant historically Black owned properties and align with the
intent of a local historic district as established by the Arkansas Historic Districts Act.




 1



 2 3




Figure 2. Recommended Fayetteville Black Historic District




Some properties within the submitted boundary are not recommended for inclusion in the
Fayetteville Black Historic District as highlighted in Figure 2 and discussed below:
 1. This area does not have a documented history of Black ownership. Although at least one
 property is currently in Black ownership, to make a historic association with the Black
 community for the purposes of a local historic district, ownership would need to date to
 at least 1976 (50 years ago at time of writing). It is therefore recommended for inclusion
 in the South Fayetteville Historic District associated with 20th century working class
 history in Fayetteville.
 2. This area did not have historic Black ownership as evidenced in deed records and was
 not historically improved. The properties are currently vacant.
 3. This area represents an area more closely associated with 20th century working class
 Fayetteville’s history and represents a racially diverse neighborhood from development
 to 1976. Though Black ownership at various times from around 1923 to 1976 and
 beyond is evident in the historic record, 21 out of 47 or 44.6% of properties were at one
 time Black-owned. This is significantly less than the 73 out of 85 properties, or 85.8%, of
 properties within the recommended Black Historic District area to the north. Further, 9 of
 the historically Black-owned properties within this area are vacant or contain new
 construction that do not convey the association with historic owners. The Jefferson
 School is located within this area and represents the story of the integration of
 Fayetteville’s public schools. As noted below, the Jefferson School was constructed as a
 white-only elementary and was integrated in 1965.

History:
Since the petition was submitted with the intent of creating a local historic district in the context
of Black historic occupation, much of this section of the report will speak to that history and use
information from the Historic Black Community of Southeast Fayetteville Historic Context
Statement.2

The history of Fayetteville’s Black community reaches back to the settlement of Washington
County when white migrants from the upper South brought Black enslaved persons with them in
the 1830s. The number of enslaved people in Washington county increased from around 250 to
1,500 in 1860, with around 200 residing within Fayetteville.

Enslaved people built early Fayetteville, as they were heavily involved in the construction of
homes and community buildings and contributed to the young town’s economic success with
their domestic and farm labor. Following emancipation, the Black population in Washington
County dropped to just 674 people.3 As Fayetteville reconstructed following Civil War
occupation, many Black Fayettevillians found work as construction or mill workers, and soon a
thriving Black community and economy was present in town. Although documenting early post-
emancipation settlement is difficult due to the lack of clear records, by 1880 concentrations of
Black families begin appearing in federal census records along what is now South Willow Street
and East Mountain Street.4 The establishment of the Henderson School and its replacement
building provided an institutional anchor for the Black community along Olive Street. There was,
however, not one centralized Black community until much later.

In the early 20th century, Black settlement in Fayetteville was less concentrated than it would
become in the subsequent decades. Some Black residents continued to live in predominantly
white residential areas, near their workplace. The majority, however, lived east and southeast of
downtown. By the 1930s, many of the Black families who resided near the Henderson school
had moved elsewhere. As Black families vacated or sold their homes in the area around the
Henderson school, they were quickly replaced with white residences in what is now the
Washington-Willow NRHP.

2
  Please see the full document on the City of Fayetteville website, https://www.fayetteville-ar.gov/4353/The-Historic-Black-
Community-of-Southeas#docaccess-209b0e304faf6fbd29da1fc13588134416a21eb9d696c857a795637f8ae421e7.
3
  Historic Black Community of Southeast Fayetteville Historic Context Statement, 16.
4
  Historic Context Statement, 18.
Black residential patterns became increasingly clear through the early 20th century as two areas
emerged south of the Henderson School. The first, represented by the northern portion of the
petition boundary was roughly bound by Spring Street to the north, the courthouse to the west,
Huntsville Road to the south, and Mount Sequoyah to the east. The second, between Huntsville
Road and 4th Street, was more sparsely populated and is not represented in this petition
boundary.5 The area would become more developed and densely occupied by Black and white
families in the mid-20th century as settlement generally moved south toward 7th Street. This
trend was furthered when the Henderson School was replaced by the Lincoln School at the
corner of East Center and South Willow in 1936.6

When the Lincoln School was constructed, Black students could remain in Fayetteville for their
education through the 9th grade but still had to go elsewhere to finish high school. This coupled
with the lack of career options meant that many Black students who left Fayetteville did not
return to the community, a trend that lasted until the late 1960s. In 1954, seven Black students
integrated Fayetteville High School. All were residents of the community east of downtown.
Junior high schools followed, but it took eleven years before the elementary schools were
desegregated in 1965. Children in the neighborhood were split between the formerly all-white
Washington School and the Jefferson School.7

In addition to school segregation throughout the mid-twentieth century, city plans upheld the
segregation of Fayetteville. The 1945 “A Master City Plan and Public Works Program for
Fayetteville, Arkansas”, sponsored jointly by the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce and
Fayetteville City Council, called for the construction of U.S. Highway 71 through the
neighborhood, following Willow Ave. and Spring Branch to the intersection of Maple and
Mission. Part of the justification for the route was that “it would afford an opportunity to build
roadside parks and parking area in what is now sub-standard housing districts.”, and that “the
highway would not pass by important public buildings such as schools, hospitals, etc.” The
historic St. James Methodist and Missionary Baptist churches as well as the Lincoln School
were all on the proposed highway route. The plan also suggested that a Federal housing project
be developed for the displaced Black residents, citing discriminatory justification that “when two
races are mixed in a neighborhood all property loses value.” Though many of these proposals
were never carried out, the proposal for the destruction of the Black community provides a clear
picture of the white power structure’s view of the neighborhood. There was also an
acknowledgement of the importance of Black labor within this plan, as new housing was
intended to be as close to downtown businesses and industries as possible. This plan also
revealed the city’s longstanding lack of investment in infrastructure within the community, with
vague statements about the unsuitable residential area and admissions that the streets
remained unpaved in 1945.8

While many of the projects proposed in the 1945 plan did not come to fruition, the neighborhood
was subjected to many of the proposals of the 1968 “Program for Community Renewal” written
by consulting planner James Vizzier. Like many urban renewal plans of the mid-20th century, the
plan was paid for in part by a grant from the federal Urban Renewal Administration under the
Housing Act of 1954. The plan noted that Fayetteville’s “general plan should be updated and
expanded to include plans for community renewal.”, and further explained that, “…about 65% of
the housing supply [in the city] might be susceptible to blight…Most of these improvements are

5
  These two areas are sometimes referred to as the Hollow and the Valley, though consensus on this from neighbors is not present
from our community meetings.
6
  Historic Context Statement, 37.
7
  Historic Context Statement, 45-47.
8
  Historic Context Statement, 41-42.
in older neighborhoods where the units that must be cleared are deficient or dilapidated rather
than sound.” Vizzier counted 1,327 families to be displaced by public improvements for
University expansion, street construction, hospitals or schools and playgrounds, while at the
same time noting an imbalance between the cost of housing and family income. He laid out an
ambitious and costly ($47,615,400 in 1968 dollars) plan for urban renewal in Fayetteville, most
of which was never accomplished.

The report also provided insight into demographics and the built environment of southeast
Fayetteville’s Black community. The report stated that there were approximately 600 non-white
residents of Fayetteville, about 100 of which were University of Arkansas students and 500 who
were permanent residents. According to the report, in 1968, Black families comprised
approximately 2.3% of Fayetteville’s population and “80% live in substandard houses in one
narrowly conﬁned neighborhood.” Though never identiﬁed by a name and described as “a small
area east of the Fayetteville square,” the document identiﬁed southeast Fayetteville as an area
of blight, a slum area, and one of Fayetteville’s “worst neighborhoods.” Two-thirds of Black
families owned their own home, though the report writers indicated that low wages prevented
property owners from improving their property. Residents living along Willow Avenue were
interviewed as part of a “Community Attitudes Survey,” in which: “Most complaints were aimed
at sanitary services, streets and drainage problems.” The report also documented the increased
movement of Black families into “the Valley”: “Since 1960, however, Negro families have begun
to move south of Huntsville Road in the neighborhood of Jeﬀerson school.” The closure of the
Lincoln School and desegregation of the Jeﬀerson School was likely a factor in the Black
settlement in the area.

Changes to the Built Environment of Southeast Fayetteville
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, at least ten vacant and “substandard” houses in southeast
Fayetteville were demolished, as documented by both Peter Kunkel and the City Code
Compliance department. It appears that a handful of houses were also “brought up to standard,”
during this period, though it is unclear whether this was done at the owner’s expense or through
community and/or local government support. Present-day residents recalled that there were
several instances in which the community rallied to assist residents whose homes were at risk
of condemnation, under the leadership of Jessie Carr Bryant. While a full investigation of
demolitions in the community has not been undertaken, it is clear from historic photographs,
aerial images, and maps that many residences were demolished in the late 20th century,
particularly along E. Mountain Street and E. Rock Street.9 The Lincoln School was demolished
shortly after its closure in 1965, and a public housing complex known as Willow Heights was
constructed in its place by the early 1970s.

Following the desegregation of Fayetteville elementary schools and demolition of the Lincoln
School in 1965, Black children in the community were split between two formerly all-white
schools. Children who lived north of Center Street attended Washington Elementary, and
children who lived south of Center Street attended Jefferson Elementary.10

Following the Civil Rights Movement, new opportunities emerged for Fayetteville’s Black
residents, including new freedoms to settle in other places of the city. Black families moved
outside the historic Black community, but many others elected to stay in the community where
they had been raised, and where generations of their families had lived. Today, many of the
properties in the community are still owned by descendants of Fayetteville’s historic Black
community.

9
 Historic Context Statement, 51.
10
 Historic Context Statement, 46-47.
Neighborhood Architecture
Much of the proposed district is dominated by vernacular forms, including some of the oldest
extant homes in Fayetteville. This aligns with the neighborhood’s development history, which
prioritized function over high style and used local materials. The earliest known homes were
single pen or wood frame houses, which were typically square, but overhanging shed roofs and
shed roof rear extensions were common. There are several examples of single pen houses,
including the house at 216 E. Center Street. Another vernacular form, the double pen, is present
in the district with an example at 160 E. Meadow Street. Bent houses are also present, with
examples at 212 E. Center Street and 115 N. Washington Avenue. Gable front houses were a
dominant folk form during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and several examples are
present, including homes at 234 S. Willow Avenue and 256 E. Mountain Street.

A few native stone buildings are present in the neighborhood, with most of them concentrated in
the southern section. An example in the northern portion includes the highly significant Webb’s
Café and boarding house at 105 N. Willow Avenue which was listed in the Green Book.

Other buildings associated with the historic Black community include educational and religious
buildings. This includes the Henderson School, which is not within the proposed boundary and
has since been modified into a single-family residence, and the St. James United Methodist
Church constructed in 1884.

Please refer to the Historic Black Community of Southeast Fayetteville Historic Context
Statement and property inventory below for additional detail on the architectural fabric of the
neighborhood.11

Discussion:
The recommended district is highly significant for its association with Black property occupancy
from emancipation, and ownership as reflected in the historic record as early as 1910 to 1976
and beyond (Criterion A).12

Historic Ownership:
Through careful review of deeds available through the Washington County Assessor’s Office
and digital archives, two clusters of properties associated with historic Black ownership became
clear (Figure 3). The first is in the northern portion of the proposed boundary, where seventy-
three (73) extant homes, demolished homes, and historically vacant properties owned and
occupied by Black residents are located. In the southern portion of the proposed district, twenty-
one (21) additional historically Black owned properties are present, in the area surrounding the
Combs Street Church of Christ and East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. As discussed above,
this southern area represents an area closely associated with 20th century working class
Fayetteville’s history and represents a racially diverse neighborhood from development to 1976.
Though Black ownership at various times from around 1923 to 1976 and beyond is evident in
the historic record, 21 out of 47 or 44.6% of properties were at one time Black-owned. This is
significantly less than the 73 out of 85 properties, or 85.8%, of properties within the
recommended Fayetteville Black Historic District area to the north. Further, 9 of the historically
Black-owned properties within this area are vacant or contain new construction that do not
convey the association with historic owners.
11
 Please see the full document on the City of Fayetteville website, https://www.fayetteville-ar.gov/4353/The-Historic-Black-
Community-of-Southeas#docaccess-209b0e304faf6fbd29da1fc13588134416a21eb9d696c857a795637f8ae421e7.
12
 It is important to note that Black individuals ownership may not be fully represented in the historic record through traditional
means like mortgages and deeds. Individuals may have entered informal ownership contracts earlier than revealed by deed records.
Reliance on typical historic documentary evidence has its limitations but is the most reliable source for understanding ownership
patterns.
Of importance, there are likely other significant
resources associated with Fayetteville’s Black
Heritage elsewhere in the city, which may be
documented in future survey efforts or with
future local historic district petitions. For
example, Oaks Cemetery, the primary burial
ground for Black residents for decades, is
outside of the proposed boundary. There are
also numerous local businesses and
institutions associated with Black history in
Fayetteville, and the current boundary does not
reflect the full breadth of the Black community’s
contributions to the city’s history.13 A local
historic district could be amended to add other
properties in the future.

The creation of a local historic district
associated with southeast Fayetteville’s
Historic Black Community aligns with
recommendations from the Phase 1 Survey,
which noted “many of the community’s historic
resources have been lost to demolition or new
infill, and development pressure, deterioration,
and lack of funding and resources for
preservation and maintenance threaten the
remaining resources.” A local historic district
could help protect the remaining buildings
associated with Fayetteville’s Black history.14

Areas that were not historically associated with
Black ownership are not included in the
recommended boundary. Many of these
properties are recommended for inclusion in
the South Fayetteville Local Historic District,
which is associated with a broader history of Figure 3. Historically Black-owned properties within and
the 20th century working class in Fayetteville, adjacent to the submitted boundary.
and is submitted for consideration separately.

Property Regulations:
The intended purpose of a local historic district as permitted through the Arkansas Historic
Districts Act is the protection of existing historic properties through regulation and review by staff
and the Historic District Commission. Since there is a general distinction between the level of
integrity of materials between the northern and southern areas, it may be appropriate to regulate
them with different sets of design guidelines that provide greater flexibility for properties that
have undergone alterations to materials, but still retain form, located primarily in the northern
area recommended for consideration as a Fayetteville Black Historic District.




13
 Phase 1 Fayetteville Citywide Historic Resources Survey, 14.
14
 Phase 1 Survey, 15.
This area contains primarily vernacular architectural forms, which have undergone periodic
alteration over time. Many homes in the area were originally small wood frame cottages with
rear additions. As families grew or finances improved, homes would be improved and expanded
upon. Though some of these changes happened during the historic period (pre-1976), many
occurred after this time, impacting the integrity of the buildings when considered through a
traditional historic preservation lens. These normal changes during the lifecycle of a home
should be considered in context of the people who lived there, who had deep roots in the
neighborhood, strong ties to their own heritage, and perhaps lacked the financial resources or
opportunity to move elsewhere but still took great pride in maintaining and improving their
homes.

It is important to consider that the overall form, design, and scale/massing of these homes are
the most important character defining features. Buildings may have lost integrity of materials but
are still largely able to convey their association with the historic Black community through the
vernacular styles and forms present. Comparatively, the southern area subject to the petition
and proposal holds a higher degree of integrity of design and materials, particularly with some of
the Ozark Giraffe and Craftsman homes. Since there is a general distinction between the level
of integrity of materials between the two areas, it may be appropriate to regulate them with
different sets of design guidelines that provide greater flexibility for properties that have
undergone alterations to materials but still retain a vernacular form and modest scale.

Public Comment:
Staff held two community meetings at the Yvonne Richardson Community Center on March 18th
and April 12th. At the meetings, attendees (12 and 15 individuals, respectively) asked clarifying
questions and expressed a general desire to tell the full story of the neighborhood including
where there were once Black-owned homes that are no longer extant. We offered a dot voting
exercise where attendees were asked whether they preferred property regulations only (5), a
formal acknowledgement of history only (10), or both (12). No statements in opposition to the
creation of the district or inclusion of a property have been received by staff as of writing.

Recommendation:
Based upon the findings in this report, staff recommends two approaches to fully honor and
document the significance of the areas within the proposal:

 1. Adopt an alternative boundary for the Fayetteville Black Historic District as shown in
 Exhibit E below and forward for review by the Planning Commission and SHPO. This
 district boundary centers on the area with the highest concentration of historic Black
 ownership and aligns with the purpose of a local historic district – to protect existing
 historic resources. Acknowledging that this approach is inherently inequitable for
 communities who have had their properties taken due to urban renewal, lack of access
 to financial resources, and forced removal from the community to pursue greater socio-
 economic opportunities, a recognition of the full extent of the historic Black community is
 warranted and discussed below.

 2. This recommendation is not directly related to the authority of the Historic District
 Commission as outlined by the Arkansas Historic Districts Act, but would honor the full
 history of the historic Black community in southeast Fayetteville. In discussions with
 community members, it became clear that a formal statement of recognition of the
 historic Black community and their contributions to city history is desired and warranted.
 Since a local historic district is intended to protect extant historic structures, a district is
 not the most equitable tool to recognize a community’s full history, especially when the
 physical reminders of that history have been erased. A Proclamation or Resolution
 recognizing the historic Black community and the accomplishments of its residents could
 honor the history of this place where other regulatory tools are not an appropriate
 approach. This proclamation could:
 a. Acknowledge the full extent of the Historic Black Community in Southeast
 Fayetteville, from emancipation to present.
 b. Honor the lives of our historic neighbors who survived enslavement in
 Fayetteville and remained in the community, creating a lasting impact in the
 neighborhoods, schools, businesses, and the history of Fayetteville.
 c. Direct the renaming of “Spout Spring Branch” to it’s historic name “the Branch”
 and acknowledge that the creek’s name was changed without the input of the
 residents who built their neighborhood around the waterway. This renaming has
 contributed to the use of white placenames for a Black community without the
 community’s input or consent.
 d. Acknowledge that “Spout Spring” is not the name that the community refers to
 itself as, and direct that the name will not be used in any future City documents
 except in reference to the 1971 sociological text by Peter Kinkel which used the
 moniker as a pseudonym for the community.
 e. Initiate the merger of the Black Heritage Preservation Commission with the
 Historic District Commission so that additional Black representation on the
 administrative body for local historic districts can be achieved.

Recommended Motion:
“I move to forward the proposal for the Fayetteville Black Historic District to the Planning
Commission and the State Historic Preservation Office for consideration and comment.”

Attachments:
 • Exhibit A: Excerpt from Arkansas Historic Districts Act
 • Exhibit B: City Clerk Treasurer Verification Letter
 • Exhibit C: Inventory of Properties
 • Exhibit D: Deed History
 • Exhibit E: Recommended Local Historic District Boundary
Exhibit A
Exhibit A
 Exhibit B
 Office of the City Clerk Treasurer


 Kara Paxton – City Clerk Treasurer Phone: 479-575-8323
Courtney Spohn – Senior Deputy City Clerk cityclerk@fayetteville-ar.gov


 113 W. Mountain Street
 Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701




December 31, 2025


Re: Proposed Historic District – SE Fayetteville Historic District


After a detailed review of the Arkansas Historic Districts Act, deed records, and petition signatures,
our office has verified that there are enough signatures to meet the required threshold of 51%. Our
team was able to verify seventy-three (73) signatures out of a total of one-hundred forty-three (143)
property owners within the proposed boundary. Our final calculation shows that 51% of property
owners within the proposed historic district signed the petition. Based upon the dates located on the
petition pages, the timeframe that these signatures were collected was 10/2024 – 12/2025.




Respectfully,



Kara Paxton, MMC, CAMC
City Clerk Treasurer
 Exhibit C


Properties:
All photos from Google Streetview (March 2025) unless otherwise noted.
 Address Photo
 216 E. Center
 Date of Construction: c.1910
 Style/Form: Single Pen
 Association(s): Potentially one of
 the oldest buildings in the area
 depicted on early aerial photos.
 Charles Means, Laquita Perry
 Means Jake & Velma Perry,
 Esora Savage, Frank Whitney.
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: Y
 Preservation Priority: High


 217 E. Center
 Date of Construction: c.1965
 Style/Form: Split Level
 Association(s): Jake & Velma
 Perry.
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: Y
 Preservation Priority: High


 323 E. Center
 Date of Construction: c.1940
 Style/Form: Gable Front
 Association(s): Lafayette &
 Dorothy Barker.
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: Y
 Preservation Priority: High




 369 E. Center
 Date of Construction: c.1889
 Style/Form: Gabled Ell/”Bent
 House”
 Association(s):
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: Y
 Preservation Priority: Low
 Exhibit C


377 E. Center
Date of Construction: c.1999
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A




404 E. Center
Date of Construction: c.1951
Style/Form: Gabled Ell/”Bent
House”
Association(s): Preston &
Isabelle Lackey
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High


410 E. Center
Date of Construction: c.1920
Style/Form: Gabled Ell/”Bent
House”
Association(s): Louis Bryant Jr.
and Jessie B. Bryant; Bill and
Inez McPherson; Samuel and
Lula Young
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High


411 E. Center
Date of Construction: c.1965
Style/Form: Side Gable
Association(s): Romey & Thelma
Thomason, Lois Dean Bryant.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate
 Exhibit C


412 E. Center
Date of Construction: c.1920
Style/Form: Front Gable
Association(s): Home of Labe
and Ballie Joiner, prominent
early 20th century Black
residents. On 1920 aerial. Jessie
Bryant.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High



417 E. Center
Date of Construction: c.1955
Style/Form: Minimal Traditional
Association(s): Home of
significant local Black residents
Louis Bryant and Jessie Carr
Bryant.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




156 E. Meadow
Date of Construction: c.1905
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Hattie Bass,
Josie Flowers, Gregory Flowers.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: Low
 Exhibit C


159 E. Meadow
Date of Construction: c.1925
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Hayden & Lettie
Hall, Dorothy Buchanan.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: Low


160 E. Meadow
Date of Construction: c.1940
Style/Form: Double Pen
Association(s): Julia Berry; Irene
Walton
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y Preservation Priority:
High




161 E. Meadow
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): James & Mary
Jane Logan
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y Preservation Priority:
High




204 E. Meadow
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Hattie Bass,
Elizabeth Jackson, Charles
Ruffin, Ben Walton, Irene Walton
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y Preservation Priority:
High
 Exhibit C


365 E. Meadow
Date of Construction: c.1995
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A




194 E. Mountain
Date of Construction: 2025
Style/Form: N/A
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A




256 E. Mountain
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Ivy & Alfred
Hunter, Will York, Tom & Sallie
Barnes, JD & Clara Barnes,
Bobby & Sherry Barker.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




267 E. Mountain
Date of Construction: c.1963
Style/Form: Ranch
Association(s): Charlie York,
David Dart, Arnold & Alice
Blackburn, Elva Blackburn.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High
 Exhibit C


218 E. Rock
Date of Construction: c.1965
Style/Form: Side Gable
Association(s): Not associated
with historic Black ownership.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: Low


240 E. Rock
Date of Construction:
c.1965/2025
Association(s): Yvonne
Richardson Community Center
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A




281 E. Rock
Date of Construction: 2016
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A




106 N. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1959
Style/Form: Minimal Traditional
Association(s): Osborn Cox,
Maggie McDowell, Virginia
Cravens.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High
 Exhibit C


115 N. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1940
Style/Form: Minimal Traditional
Association(s): Georgia
Garrison, Erie Davis Stanton,
William & Willie Deffebaugh.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High


116 N. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1975
Style/Form: Minimal Traditional
Association(s): Previously
owned by Preston Lackey, one
of the original seven students to
integrate Fayetteville High
School in 1954. Will York, Rufus
& Rosa Torrence, Amos &
Elnora Jackson, Preston &
Isabell Lackey.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate
118 N. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1940
Style/Form: Minimal Traditional
Association(s): Henry Jordan,
Leo Watson, Bennie Gene
Watson.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




115 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1980s
Style/Form: Contemporary
Association(s): St. James
Baptist Church. Replaced
original 1927 church destroyed
by fire in 1944.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A
 Exhibit C


7 N. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Double Pen
Association(s): Parsonage of St.
James UMC
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate




7 N. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1884
Association(s): St. James UMC
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




14 N. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1910
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Marden Carr,
Charlotte Hayes, Kirk & Audrey
Deffebaugh
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




 Photo by Post Oak Preservation Solutions
 Exhibit C


105 N. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1923
Style/Form: Rustic
Association(s): Former Webb’s
Café (in the Negro Motorist’s
Green Book)
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




 Property as it appeared in 2023 (Google Streetview).
106 N. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1950
Style/Form: Ranch
Association(s): Ozark Chapter
#295 Order of the Eastern Star,
Hill City Lodge #347, Elizabeth
Buchanan, Tommie Flowers
Davis.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y Photo by Post Oak Preservation Solutions
Preservation Priority: High
 Exhibit C


127 N. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1965
Style/Form: Minimal Traditional
Association(s): Amanda Baylor Tuttle,
Willie C. & Hazel Buchanan
Contributing to Local Historic District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




 Photo by Post Oak Preservation Solutions
119 S. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1925
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Ralph & Mary Rogers
Contributing to Local Historic District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




218 S. Willow
Date of Construction: 1994
Style/Form:
Association(s):
Contributing to Local Historic District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A
 Exhibit D


234 S. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1905
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Theopolis Hall Jr, Clara
Hall, Loretta Blackburn Carr, Jack Carr
Contributing to Local Historic District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate




 Properties to Consider for Inclusion in the Fayetteville Black Historic District:
Oaks Cemetery (PID: 765-14935-010)
Date: c. 1867-1963
Associations: Only purposefully planned
Black cemetery in Fayetteville. Listed in
ARHP in 2014.15
Contributing to Local Historic District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




 15
 J.B. Hogan, “Oaks Cemetery,” Encyclopedia of Arkansas, June 16, 2023, accessed February 3, 2026,
 https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/oaks-cemetery-16676/.
 Exhibit C


East Mountain Cemetery (PID: 765-
12817-000, 765-12817-001, 765-12817-
002)
Date: c.1840-1961
Association(s): Includes the burials of
Black individuals who were enslaved
and/or employed by the David Walker
family along with burials of other white
Fayetteville families. The property was
included on Preserve Arkansas’s 2025
Most Endangered Places List.16
Contributing to Local Historic District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




 16
 City of Fayetteville, Historic Context Statement – The Historic Black Community of Southeast Fayetteville, 15. Preserve Arkansas,
 “2025 Most Endangered Places,” September 15, 2025, accessed February 3, 2026, https://preservearkansas.org/what-we-do/most-
 endangered-2025/.
 Exhibit D

District Deed Research

Note: Since the petition was submitted with the intent of forming a Black historic district, reasonable
efforts were made to determine the race of individual property owners. Where Census records, city
directories, obituaries, or other documentation confirmed, Black individuals are noted in purple. Only
properties within the proposed district boundary are included in this document. Importantly, additional
properties may have been Black occupied, but that information would not be captured by deeds and
would require additional research outside of the scope of this project. Future research could use Census
records to determine where Black renters were living within Fayetteville.

If information has been omitted or incorrectly identified, please reach out to
longrangeplanning@fayetteville-ar.gov so we can update the record.

 216 E. Center
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 5.27.2016 - Present 2016/14969 Zachary J. Morgan John Wayne & Nicole
 Jones
 6.15.2007 2007/23636 John Wayne & Nicole Clearwater Investments
 Jones Inc.
 7.22.1994 94/44405 Charles Means & Jake B. & Velma Perry
 Laquita Perry Means
 8.29.1975 909/741 Jake B & Velma Perry Mack T. Miner & Lula
 Faye Miner
 9.8.1975 893/812 Mack T. Miner & Lula Esora Savage
 Faye Miner
 4.22.1944 339/194 Esora Savage Carlos B. Hill
 6.24.1942 328/91 Carlos B. Hill Cecil Whitney (son of
 Frank Whitney)
 9.18.1922 212/28 Frank Whitney A.M & Mary E Byrnes
 Note: Appears as A. Byrnes on 1908 Plat Map
 Sources:
 • Albert M. Byrnes, Irish carpenter and builder of many Fayetteville homes.
 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21607323/albert-michael-byrnes
 • Frank Whitney (buried in Oaks Cemetery)


 217 E. Center
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 4.27.23 2023/10465 Reginald Perry Sr. Perry
 4.27.2023 Jake Perry Jr.; Tammy Perry
 Perry’ Reginald Perry
 Sr.
 7.7.1976 909/741 Jake B & Velma Perry Mack T. & Lula Miner

 9.14.1946 394/50 Clementine Macklin Mark St. Clair Ellis &
 Dowell Rose St. John Mildmay
 Ellis
 1.20.1948 386/588 Mark St. Clair Ellis & Hattie Macklin
 Rose St. John Mildmay
 Ellis
 11.22.1939 314/225 James & Hattie Macklin Eli & Elizabeth Reed
 Note: Appears as M. Cole on 1908 Plat Map
 Additional research needed to clarify ownership between 1946 & 1976
 Exhibit D

323 E. Center
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
12.7.2001 2001/161865 Lafayette Barker Jr.
 Dorothy Barker; Lafayette & Dorothy
 Lafayette Barker Jr.; Barker
 Sandra Barker
7.19.1949 411/326 Lafayette & Dorothy Mark St. Clair Ellis &
 Barker Rose St. John Mildmay
 Ellis
8.13.1941 320/433 Mark St. Clair Ellis & Frank Barr
 Rose St. John Mildmay
 Ellis
2.16.1929 295/295 Frank Barr Gordy & Laura Mason
2/25/1922 212/287 Gordy & Laura Mason J. Dryden Parks
9.23.1921 201/607 J. Dryden Parks E. F & Cener H. Ellis
Note: T. Joyce on 1908 Plat Map


369 E. Center
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
11.28.1984 1125/328 Linda K. Hendricks Michael George & Susan
 Lynn Thurmond
5.18.1983 1078/387 Michael George & John William & Jessie
 Susan Lynn Thurmond Lee Murphy; Irma Murphy
 Jewell (heir of Leta Taylor
 Murphy)
2.26.1946 359/176 E.M. & Leta T. Murphy Virgil A. Cosby & Myrtle
 Cosby
2.17.1945 347/297 Virgil A. Cosby & Myrtle Emma Lucile Dunn
 Cosby
 Emma Lucille Dunn …


404 E. Center
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.20.2000 2000/88529 Preston Lackey Jr et. Preston & Isabelle
 Al. Lackey
3.10.1954 460/468 Preston & Isabelle St. James Baptist Church
 Lackey


410 E. Center
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
3.14.2008 2008/10097 Lois Dean Bryant Louis Bryant Jr. & Jessie
 B. Bryant
3.10.1997 97/14456 Lois Bryant Jr. & Jessie Bank of Fayetteville
 B. Bryant
10.8.1996 96/72574 Bank of Fayetteville Bobby S. & Brenda
 Morgan
10.28.1995 95/59427 Bobby S. & Brenda Bill & Inez McPherson
 Morgan
3.30.1960 535/33 Bill & Inez McPherson Lula Manuel (devisee
 under the will of Samuel
 Young)
 Exhibit D

1.25.1919 180/174 Samuel & Lula Young J.R. Williams and M.L.
 Williams


411 E. Center
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
2011 Robert D. Walsh HUD
1.30.1987 1212/207 Lois Dean Bryant John E. Fahlen
2.6.1980 1212/206 John E. Fahlen Irma Ellen Pinkston
11/11/1974 1212/205 Irma Ellen Pinkston William Weston Rogers
6.14.1974 869/535 William Weston Rogers Romey & Thelma
 Thomason
2.15.1967 697/150 Romey & Thelma Fayetteville School
 Thomason District No. 1
Note: 1908 Plat Map JW Walker


412 E. Center
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Jessie Bryant Labe & Ballie Joiner
10.23.1914 196/442 Labe Joiner J.A. Ferguson
Note: 1908 Plat Map C.L. Lenbrook


417 E. Center
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
3.14.2008 2008/10096 Lois D. Bryant Louis Bryant Jr.
8.22.1964 628/204 Louis Bryant Jr. Estate of Eulalia Bell
9.1.1938 317/18 Richard & Eulalia Vann Lula Armstead
 Bell
 …
 - Structure on 1908 plat map, potentially 1926 aerial and onward


322 S. Combs
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
8.18.1992 92/42012 Mary Ellen Worthy Lorne & Thelma Worthy
8.18.1992 92/42012 Lorne & Thelma Worthy Richard P. Arens & Carol
 Lynn Arens
8.23.1991 1433/685 Richard P. Arens & Eoff & Co., Inc.
 Carol Lynn Arens
2.14.1990 1354/409 Eoff & Co., Inc. Wade & Ida M Gabbard
6.11.1949 402/36 Wade & Ida M Gabbard Carl W. Ledford & Ida M.
 Ledford
 400/299 Carl W. Ledford & Ida John Everett Ward &
 M. Ledford Ethel Millie Ward
6.4.1947 379/453 John Everett Ward & Effie Owens Jeffers
 Ethel Millie Ward (widow of W.H.Owens)
3.13.1942 322/426 Effie Owens Jeffers Pat & Anna L. Johnson
 (widow of W.H.Owens)
10.1.1930 265/521 Pat & Anna L. Johnson Fannie Walker
10.14.1929 264/248 Fannie Walker J.F Hall
12.31.1928 250/471 J.F & M.P Hall H.W. Wilks
2.10.1928 241/49 H.W. Wilks O.E. Hinkle
 Exhibit D

11.22.22 213/110 O.E. & Mamie Hinkle S.C.G. Freiley & Elsie
 Freiley
 S.C.G. Freiley & Elsie
 Freiley
Note: 1908 Plat Map no owner listed, but house footprint present
Sources:
 • Samuel Freiley listed as salesman at Washington County Hardware Company – residing at 32 S.
 Willow in 1920 Directory.
 • J.F. and Martha Hall operated a board and rooming house at 27 E. Rock St. in 1925 directory.
 • Pat Johnson circuit clerk of Washington County; Anna supervisor of nurses at City Hospital
 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141480007/pat-a-johnson#view-photo=238115045
 • William Henry Owens was employee of First National Bank (death certificate)
 • John Everett Ward truck driver for wholesale grocer with $900 income (per 1940 census)
 • Wade Gabbard was Salesman at McCord-Ozark (1959 City directory); Ida operated a machine at
 a garment factory (1950 census)
 • Carl W. Ledford was a “common laborer” for the gas company


338 S. Combs
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
6.3.2022 2022/19178 Allison & Andrew Karl Friar
 Brooks
9.5.1979 1000/42 Karl & Joy Friar Edward E. Pearson
8.3.1976 913/39 Edward E. Pearson Lillian V. Cary (Herbert J.
 Cary)
8.29.1969 767/83 Lillian V. Cary Herbert D.F. Johnson & Mary J.
 J. Cary Johnson
5.7.1960 539/2 D.F. Johnson & Mary J. Hazel Wilson
 Johnson
7.16.1959 526/580 Hazel Wilson Elizabeth Janes (…)
Note: 1908 Plat Map footprint looks different. Appears on 1930 sanborn map.
Sources:
 • Elizabeth Janes listed as a teller at Fayetteville Building and Loan Assoc. and residing at 230 W.
 Meadow in 1959 City Directory, bookkeeper in 1920 directory residing at 111 E. Spring


339 S. Combs
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.5.2020 2020/36972 CCar Properties Cory Rogers & Amanda
 Cole
8.30.1995 95/45364 Cory Rogers & Amanda Richard H. Barrett II
 Cole
6.11.1991 1418/930 Richard H. Barrett II Melanie Blankenship
8.8.1985 1149/526 Melanie Blankenship Trammell Scott Starr &
 Margaret Martin Starr
4.30.1979 987/943 Trammell Scott Starr & R.L. Wommack & Mary
 Margaret Martin Starr Lou Wommack
2.16.1979 983/780 R.L. Wommack & Mary Charles & Pat Hoffman
 Lou Wommack (…)


342 S. Combs
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
2.24.1994 94/12858 Karl Friar Jane Huber
2/17/1992 93/9612 Jane Huber Dessie Jarnagan
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4/20/1945 348/185 Dessie Jarnagan & Ada Wayne & Edith Vail
 Bell Jarnagan Brown
4/15/1937 320/35 Wayne & Edith Vail John R. & Arminta Vail
 Brown
3/23/1935 285/185 John R. & Arminta Vail George Buckley
12/27/1932 267/563 George Buckley R. K. Hodges
 R. K. Hodges (…)
Note: not on 1908 plat map
 • R. K. Hodge listed on Rock Street on 1925 directory, Rollston in 1920, Block in 1904




344 S. Combs
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
3.31.1988 1263/884 Linda Joy Fox A B Culy & Julie Krohn
7.2.1983 1080/372 A B Cully & Julie Krohn James Hawkins
11.21.1975 1080/371 James Hawkins E. Lamar & Donna Pettus
9.5.1975 893/823 E. Lamar & Donna Tina Thurman (Elzie
 Pettus Thurman)
3.31.1960 843/242 Elzie Thurman Claude A. & Winnie
 Woods Williams
11.20.1950 423/322 Claude A. & Winnie Claude A. Williams Jr. &
 Woods Williams Helen Margaret Williams
12.2.1947 386/46 Claude A. Williams Jr. Fred & Hattie Ivey
 & Helen Margaret
 Williams
3.21.1946 360/227 Fred & Hattie Ivey WP & Ella May Ferguson
9.6.1945 352/22 WP & Ella May Arminta Vail (John R.
 Ferguson Vail)
9.12.1936 John R & Arminta Vail George Buckley
12.27.1932 267/563 George Buckley R.K. & Elene Hodges
 RK & Elene Hodges (…)


156 E. Meadow
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
5.19.2023 2023/12661 Mary Leverance Dylan Hurd & Suki Lin
3.1.1999 99/19707 Dylan Hurd & Suki Lin Mike Galbraith
4.20.1994 94/24996 Mike Galbraith Joseph R. McCraney
8.25.1986 1191/66 Joseph R. McCraney Gregory E. Flowers
12.30.1977 950/147 Gregory E. Flowers Josie Flowers
10.27.1976 918/400 Josie Flowers Hattie Bass
1.8.1974 862/644 Hattie Bass Commissioner of State
 Lands [Oliver Booker]
3.7.1968 726/355 Lewis P. & Christine Sarah Smith (deceased)
 Johnson AND Harold B.
 & Ruth Johnson
7.1.1948 396/450 Sarah Smith E. F. Ellis
4.5.1930 272/25 E.F. Ellis Commissioner of State
 Lands (…)
Note: 1908 Plat Map: Sarah Thomas
 • Gregory Flowers https://fayettevilleclassof76.com/2017/04/20/obituary-for-greg-flowers/
 Exhibit D



159 E. Meadow
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
8.20.2015 2015/25920 John Sisemore & Robert Walsh
 Selene Hillbrand
10.6.2008 2008/33198 Robert Walsh Dorothy Buchanan
12.29.1976 920/36 Dorothy Buchanan Hayden & Lettie Hall
12.22.1967 721/73 Hayden & Lettie Hall Ark-La-Tex Land
 Company
3.12.1964 616/477 Ark-La-Tex Land Monty Glorioso
 Company
1.31.1964 612/188 Monty Glorioso Hayden & Lettie Hall
4.15.1950 473/241 Hayden & Lettie Hall Mark St. Clair Ellis
8.16.1924 206/598 Mark St. Clair Ellis Albert M. & Mary E.
 Byrnes (…)
1908 Plat Map: A. Byrnes (no structures)


160 E. Meadow
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.22.1983 1095/694 Bob Donaghe Barbara Donaghe
10.11.1976 1149/793 Bob Donaghe Barbara Guido J. Romano & Toni
 Donaghe A. Glover
8.24.1976 913/651 Guido J. Romano & Irene Walton & Bervee
 Toni A. Glover Bettis (heirs of Julia
 Berry)
10.1.1937 301/505 Julia Berry Home Owners’ Loan
 Corporation (…)
1908 Plat Map: Sarah Thomas (different building footprint)


161 E. Meadow
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
4.15.1950 477/249 James & Mary Jane Mark St. Clair Ellis
 Logan
8.16.1924 206/598 Mark St. Clair Ellis Albert M. & Mary E.
 Byrnes
1908 Plat Map: A. Byrnes (no structures)




204 E. Meadow
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.11.2022 2022/33771 Alex Strayhorn Jackson B Cellers &
 Shelby R Johnson

8.20.2015 2015/23724 Jackson B Cellers & Autumn E. Done
 Shelby R Johnson

2.3.2009 2009/3644 Autumn E. Done Christopher C. Hicks
1.31.2006 2006/5004 Christopher C. Hicks Cynthia Vanbibber
4.12.2001 2001/161388 Cynthia Vanbibber Elizabeth B. Jackson &
 Charles D. Ruffin
 Exhibit D

7.16.1985 1150/65 Elizabeth B. Jackson & John S. Poole
 Charles D. Ruffin
10.1.1982 1009/935 John S. Poole Ben & Irene Walton
11.10.1972 841/731 Ben Walton Hattie Parker Bass (…)
Not on 1908 Plat Map; land owned by JJ Leh(?) and Willians?
 •




220 S. Mill Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
12.30.1993 94/810 Mary E. Carr Coy & Bernice Durning
9.28.1983 1091/927 Coy & Bernice Durning Alma Lane
7.2.1956 488/35 Alma Lane R.C. & Myrtle J. Lane
12.26.1947 386/219 R.C. & Myrtle J. Lane Fount Earl & Bertha
 Frederick
12.6.1943 386/200 Fount Earl & Bertha Dixie McAdams
 Frederick
3.9.1936 292/394 Dixie McAdams Bert & Emily Frances
 Atkinson
9.21.1928 250/141 Bert & Francis Atkinson J.F. & M.P. Hall
9.20.1928 250/138 J.F. & M.P. Hall J.E. Moore & Mary E.
 Moore
6.1.1928 241/372 J.E. Moore & Mary E. N. F. Drake
 Moore
6.8.1927 239/278 N. F. Drake Eliza Wilks (Chidester) &
 Lola Chidester
1.19.1910 144/395 Eliza Chidester I.G. Combs & Martha A.
 Combs and WH & PJ
 Rollins (…)
 • Alma Lane listed as machine operator at Oberman Mfg. Co. in 1959 Directory
 • Coy W. Durning listed as a baker at W.G. Shipley Backing in 1951


222 S. Mill Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.15.20 2020/38475 Cindy Dewitt Patrick & Victoria Carney
6.27.2014 2014/16334 Patrick & Victoria Marilyn S. Phillips
 Carney
7.10.1989 1445/405 Marilyn S. Phillips Joe & Angela Stevens
 Joe & Angela Stevens Vickie Halperin & Howard
 Halperin
11.23.1984 1445/404 Howard Halperin Linda Kay Hendricks
2.20.1981 1036/261 Linda Kay Hendricks Charles E. & Barbara
 Hanks; E. Lamar Pettus &
 Donna C. Pettus; William
 Weston Rogers & Gloria
 Weston Rogers
8.8.1977 941/24 Charles E. Hanks Mary Jane Serett (Guess)
7.15.1968 790/367 Mary Jane Guess John P. Doyle
6.12.1967 790/366 John P. Doyle Walter P. Rolniak & Mary
 Rolniak
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11.4.1963 790/365 Walter P. Rolniak & R.C. Harding & Ruth L.
 Mary Rolniak Harding
4.3.1958 505/389 R.C. Harding & Ruth L. Jennie E. Titus
 Harding
5.5.1955 476/35 Jennie E. Titus Flossie Thurman
 Anna Tuller
3.20.1952 441/576 Flossie Thurman R.C. & M. J. Lane
4.15.1948 362/281 R.C. & M. J. Lane Hettie B. Moore (J.F.
 Moore)
8.28.1937 298/378 Hettie B. Moore (J.F. Richard B. Greer
 Moore)
8.28.1937 298/377 Richard B. Greer Hettie B. Moore (J.F.
 Moore) (…)
 • JF Moore funeral director residing at 331 N Highland in 1925 directory
 • Robert C. Lane carpenter at manufacturing company; wife at home; son at dry cleaning company
 in 1950 census (at 222 Mill)
 • Jennie Titus & Anna Tuller were sisters (single and widowed respectively) (1940 census)


256 E. Mountain St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
9.30.2022 2022/32232 Bobby Barker & J D & Clara Barnes and
 Sherry Barker Ulon Fae Barnes
 [Jerome Barker]
3.27.1981 1037/119 J D & Clara Barnes J D & Clara Barnes
 and Ulon Fae Barnes
8.29.1977 941/820 J D & Clara Barnes Tom Barnes [Sallie Barnes,
 deceased]
10.10.1963 639/39 Tom Barnes & Sallie Ernest E. & Jewell York; Ivy
 Barnes C. Hunter; Viola L.
 Holloway; Clarence E. &
 Marie York; Ruth L.
 Claypool; Doris L.
 Buchanan; Van E. & Sarah
 W. York [heirs of Will or
 William Nelson York]
11.17.1947 386/222 Will York Ivy & Alfred Hunter
6.8.1940 316/201 Ivy & Alfred Hunter Commissioner of State
 Lands (…)




 • Alf Hunter porter at U of A Barber Shop in 1939 directory
 • Will York “house boy” in private home, had lodgers living with them at 230 E Rock in 1940 census



267 E. Mountain St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Exhibit D

8.22.1989 1331/009 Elva Blackburn Arnold & Alice Blackburn
10.6.1961 562/291 Arnold & Alice David Dart
 Blackburn
8.23.1957 496/554 David Dart Charlie York
4.15.1948 400/56 Charlie York Commissioner of State
 Lands (…)


120 E. Rock St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
5.6.1992 92/23087 Terry J. Jones Marcia May Apple & David
 Swenson
10.12.1984 1121/705 Marcia May Apple & Marcia May Apple [Green]
 David Swenson
7.30.1975 888/888 Marcia May Green Benny D. Moore & Carol L.
 Moore
10.17.1973 888/883 Benny D. Moore & Jerry D. & Sharon Sweetser
 Carol L. Moore
10.20.1967 716/35 Jerry D. & Sharon Everett Buckner & Peggy
 Sweetser Buckner
9.14.1966 689/456 Everett Buckner & Jerry D. & Sharon Sweetser
 Peggy Buckner
11.16.1965 665/215 Jerry D. & Sharon Wade & Gladys Fincher;
 Sweetser Chester & Dorothy House
10.21.1965 665/131 Wade & Gladys William Howard Morris &
 Fincher; Chester & Dixie E. Morris
 Dorothy House
7.25.1949 402/518 William Howard Delbert P. Combs Jr. & Lora
 Morris & Dixie E. Sellick Combs
 Morris
1.14.1946 358/427 Delbert P. Combs Jr. Lucy Leigh Brown
 & Lora Sellick Combs
12.5.1945 355/424 Lucy Leigh Brown Leo & Bonnie Jean House

1.25.1945 347/136 Leo & Bonnie Jean Lena Patterson
 House
12.1.1942 331/7 Lena Patterson Seba W. Jackson; Lylah
 Jackson
12.1.1939 331/7 Seba W. Jackson; Grover & Lottie Couch
 Lylah Jackson
5.29.1933 171/408 Grover & Lottie Walter D. & Myrtle Lucas
 Couch
4.13.1926 232/471 Walter D. & Myrtle Odus & Essa Brooks
 Lucas
3.4.1921 201/1036 Odus & Essa Brooks Col. H. Clark; Ida B. Clark;
 Frank Clark; Anna Clark
 (…)
Note: no structures 1908, 1919; structure on 1930 sanborn map
 • Odus Brooks listed as a farmer in 1920 census, carpenter in 1930 census living at 334 S.
 Washington Ave.
 • Grover Couch a mail carrier and Lottie a teacher residing at 112 S. College in 1930 Census, 1940
 Census
 • Seba & Lylah Jackson owned and managed a café according to 1940 census and lived at the
 address.
 • Leo House salesman in 1940 census
 Exhibit D

 • Delbert P. Combs worked in a service station 1950 census
 • William Morris sales clerk at gas company 1950 census


130 E. Rock St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.28.2005 2005/48665 Jason & Robin Jones Gary W. Paulk
1.9.1989 1305/110 Gary W. Paulk Freddie Brooks; James E.
 Brooks
1.7.1987 1211/964 Freddie Brooks; Freddie Brooks; Carole
 James E. Brooks Brooks
3.17.1921 190/513 Fred E. Brooks Odus & Essie Brooks

3.4.1921 201/1036 Odus & Essa Brooks Col. H. Clark; Ida B. Clark;
 Frank Clark; Anna Clark
 (…)
Note: no structures 1908, 1919; structure on 1930 sanborn map
Home of local artist Jason Jones



149 E. Rock St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
11.15.2006 2006/46754 Tyrene Jones; Jason Helen P. Andrews; Paul T.
 C Jones Andrews
7.14.1956 489/318 Helen P. Andrews Fred E. & Bessie C. Brooks
11.30.1944 344/168 Fred E. & Bessie C. Roy E. Scott & Eunice Alta
 Brooks Scott
1.31.1938 332/13 Eunice Alta Scott Charles H. Lang

9.5.1925 225/526 Charles H. Lang J.D. Paris & F.E. Paris (…)

Note: Different structures on 1908 plat map; not on 1913 sanborn, 1919 sanborn, 1930 sanborn, 1948
sanborn; not on 1954 aerial; PRESENT on 1955 sanborn


218 E. Rock St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
4.11.2025 2025/09429 Chad Delos Reyes Braxton & Whitney Leichner
 (Leichner Homes LLC)
1.14.2019 2019/1327 Braxton & Whitney Ken & Gayla Stahman
 Leichner
2.9.1995 95/6980 Ken & Gayla Vickie Stout
 Stahman
8.24.1994 File No: 9400052191 Vickie Stout Geneva Coutler (surviving
 spouse of Isaac Coutler)
10.28.1975 895/99 Isaac Coulter or Washington County Tax
 Geneva Coulter* Sale (taxes 1969-1974) –
 Ruth E. Roberts (…)
Some evidence of an Isaac Coulter born in Fayetteville who registered in 1942 for draft who was Black.
Unable to confirm beyond that.


106 N. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Exhibit D

6.28.2001 2001/308 Ruth C. Ingram; Virginia Brown Cravens
 Joseph N. Cravens [heirs]
12.4.1986 1204/89 Virginia Brown Joe Cravens
 Cravens
10.10.1984 1124/185 Joe Cravens Virginia Brown Cravens
6.1.1955 476/342 Virginia Brown Maggie McDowell
 Cravens
11.1.1947 384/415 Maggie McDowell Osborn Cox

 Osborn Cox …

Note: O. Cox listed on 1908 Plat map



115 N. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
7.11.1951 431/433 William & Willie Huey & Zelma Bullington
 Deffebaugh
5.29.1951 431/52 Huey & Zelma Laura Parker [heir of Erie
 Bullington Davis Stanton]
3.1948 390/556 Erie Davis Stanton Georgia Garrison
9.14.1933 268/308 Georgia Garrison Pat & Anna L. Johnson

3.19.1928 241/154 Pat & Anna L. Fannie Walker
 Johnson
7.152.1927 239/289 Fannie Walker Sarah Reed Richardson
 [divorced wife of Charles
 Richardson]
1908 Plat Map C. Richardson



116 N. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
1.23.1985 1157/357 Amos & Elnora Preston Lloyd & Isabell
 Jackson Lackey
6.20.1980 1017/608 Preston Lloyd & Amos & Elnora Jackson
 Isabell Lackey
3.2.1964 613/338 Amos & Elnora Preston Lloyd & Isabell
 Jackson Lackey
8.18.1952 447/290 Preston Lloyd & Rufus & Rosa Torrence
 Isabell Lackey
6.11.1947 379/563 Rufus & Rosa Will York
 Torrence
3.6.1946 359/357 Will York W.F. Luper

12.4.1944 344/175 W.F. Luper Sewer Improvement
 District. No. 1 of the City of
 Fayetteville AR (purchased
 at foreclosure sale between
 1927-1937)


118 N. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Exhibit D

 2.28.2003 265/5 Bennie Gene Watson Leo Watson
 11.17.1978 979/424 Leo Watson Mary Ann Watson
 5.1.1952 443/401 Leo Watson Henry Jordan (wife Burtha
 Jordan, deceased)
 6.16.1948 392/308 Henry Jordan Roy W. & May R. Williams

 10.2.1929 264/226 Roy W. & May R. Fannie Walker
 Williams
-Sebe Tuttle (B) at 125 S. Washington in 1930 (not extant)

-Carl Buchanan (B) at 126 S. Washington in 1930 (not extant)

 139 S. Washington Ave.
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 7/3/2006 2006/28047 William & Letitia Letitia Jane Brooks
 Boscia
 9.30.1983 1092/108 Letitia Jane Brooks James C & Josephine L
 Brooks & Helen M & Joe L
 King
 9.21.1983 1092/106 James C. Brooks & William H. Bassett
 Helen M. King
 William H. Bassett (…)

 Notes: Additional research needed to determine ownership prior to William H. Bassett. building not on
 1908 plat map/no name; on 1926 aerial; ON 1930 sanborn map


 309 S. Washington Ave.
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Note: multiple to 1977
 10.26.1977 942/863 Frankie & Geneva Amos Dean Hughes & Sally
 Rankin Jean Hughes
 5.2.1964 616/565 Amos Dean Hughes Owen Johnson & Gladys
 & Sally Jean Hughes Johnson
 9.11.1950 421/112 Owen Johnson & Milton E. & Edith M.
 Gladys Johnson McCawley
 11.2.1944 380/578 Milton E. & Edith M. O.S. Hammond
 McCawley
 2.9.1943 331/230 O.S. Hammond Bertha Marie Cole

 1.19.1943 331/164 Bertha Marie Cole Clinton C. Cole

 3.20.1936 294/302 Clinton C. Cole Guaranty Building & Loan
 Bertha Marie Cole Assoc.
 12.12.1935 291/598 Guaranty Building & Commissioner of State
 Loan Assoc. Lands (…)
 Note: on 1930 sanborn; on 1948 sanborn map; ON 1955 sanborn map
 • Owen Johnson employee at Ark W Gas Co. on 1950 census
 • Milton McCawley Maintenance man at gas co & Edith was “kitchen helper” at school cafeteria on
 1950 census
 • Charlie & Marie Cole (W) listed at 317 in 1940 Census


 318 S. Washington Ave.
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Exhibit D

Multiple to 2005
10.24.2004 2005/19359 Rue Watts Paul & Rue Watts
5.26.1949 446/258 Paul & Rue Watts Mildred Salsbury
2.5.1949 398/28 Mildred Salsbury Russell Salsbury Mildred
 Salsbury
2.23.1946 396/359 Russell Salsbury Beulah Ownbey
 Mildred Salsbury
8.30.1937 301/428 Beulah Ownbey First Natl. Bank Huntsville
 AR (…)
Note: I.G. Comb on 1908 plat map (no building); not on 1926 aerial; on 1941 aerial



319 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
6.6.1994 94/36625 Lee-Fen Ko Daniel G & Leslie A Coston
2.5.1988 1257/636 Daniel G & Leslie A Jo Ann Gervais
 Coston
5.17.1983 1078/277 Jo Ann Gervais James H. White Jr.

9.22.1978 973/421 James H. White Jr. Amos Dean Hughes & Sally
 Jean Hughes
5.1.1969 760/221 Amos Dean Hughes Ruben A. & Velma J.
 & Sally Jean Hughes Parden
3.22.1961 569/296 Ruben A. & Velma J. Richard H. McChristian &
 Parden Marie McChristian
10.16.1950 423/92 Richard H. Leo E. & Wilma N. Cole
 McChristian & Marie
 McChristian
4.22.1946 364/2 Leo E. & Wilma N. Frank & Maudie Kelly
 Cole
12.1.1941 362/111 Frank & Maudie Kelly Lorraine A. Williams

10.13.1941 321/500 Lorraine A. Williams Commissioner of State
 Lands (…)
 - Reuben parden listed as Fixer at Bear Brand Hosiery in 1959 city directory (W)
 - Richard McChristian was Assistant manager and security officer at First National Bank West
 Branch and Fayetteville police officer (death certificate)
 - Frank Kelly a farmer in 1950 census
 - Lorraine Williams listed as Home Counciler at gas company living with parents at Summit drive in
 1950 census, lived at 320 S. Washington in 1930 census


325 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Numerous to 1978
2.14.1978 978/750 Clara A. Porter Gregory L & Patsy Porter
2.14.1978 957/396 Gregory L & Patsy Clara A. Porter
 Porter
7.21.1977 935/446 Clara A. Porter Ervin A Porter

7.21.1977 935/445 Ervin & Clara A. Cecil R Chappell & Minnie
 Porter E. Chappel
4.30.1965 645/403 Cecil R Chappell & Claud & Grace Salsbury
 Minnie E. Chappel
 Exhibit D

10.16.1950 423/573 Claud & Grace W.B Shumate
 Salsbury
11.10.1941 364/125 W.B Shumate CL & Agnes Stoddart

11.10.1941 320/539 CL & Agnes Stoddart Anna L & Pat Johnson

4.5.1938 305/382 Anna L Johnson Richard B Greer

3.5.1938 305/189 Richard B Greer Anna L Johnson & Pat
 Johnson (…)
 - William B Shumate worked at Conoco Service Station and resided at address in 1947 Directory
 - Claud Salsbury a welder in 1950 census, operated Salsbury Garage in 1947 directory
 - Cecil R Chappel filling station manager in 1950 census


411 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

7.6.1984 1113/379 Julis L & Verna Clarence Rice
 Thompson
6.1984 1111/285 Clarence Rice Sue & Virgle C. Harris;
 James & Cindy Rice
 Sue & Virgle C. (…)
 Harris; James &
 Cindy Rice
1959 City Directory Clarence & Viola
 Rice (at address)
 - 1959 Directory shows Clarence & Viola Rice residing at address, mechanic at Oberman Mfg. Co
 in 1957 directory. 1951 employee at OBerman Garment.


439 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Numerous to 1987
12.8.1986 1237/601 Ova Coke Armes Carolyn Francis
 Funkhouser Bradford[heir
 of Cashmer Funkhouser]
1.28.1946 358/78 Cashmere Clarence Rice & Viola Rice
 Funkhouser
9.12.1940 365/317 Clarence Rice & First National Bank
 Viola Rice Fayetteville (…)


531 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

9.30.2004 2004/40776 Bertha Katherine Charlotte Hayes [heir of
 Steward Ralph Hays Jr]
1.6.1940 315/253 Ralph L. Hayes & Chester Tuttle [heir of Sebel
 Lorraine Hayes & Silva Tuttle]
1.31.1923 209/519 Sebel Tuttle IG Combs & WH Morton

Note: “Sebe S. Tuttle” black male listed in 1930 census at 334 S. Washington Ave.
 Exhibit D

532 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Owned/occupied Jerry and/or Carolyn Bradford to 1979
 Carolyn Funkhouser In family ownership
 Bradford
12.3.1945 355/193 Chrystal Funkhouser Annex. No. 1 to South
 College Avenue
 Improvement District No. 1
 of the City of Fayetteville
 (Ivan M Mayes, I.W.
 Guisinger & Roy A Scott)
This house could date to the 1920s as some structure is visible on the site in 1926 aerial imagery.

 - Cashmere & Crystal Funkhouser at address in 1947 & 1957. Cashmere car washer at Goff-
 McNeir Motor 57, lab at Cambells Gro in 47, mechanic at Goff-McNeir in 1955
 - Cashmere died July 1973



535 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Numerous owners to 1979.
4.17.1979 987/600 Rufus Torrence Rosie Parker
9.20.1945 352/234 Rosie Parker Guy M & Ruby S. Works
4.21.1944 338/572 Guy M & Ruby S. Earl F. & Cener Ellen Craig
 Works
1.4.1944 338/156 Earl F. & Cener Ellen Lorraine A. Williams
 Craig
1.21.1944 Lorraine A. Williams Annex. No. 1 to South
 College Avenue
 Improvement District No. 1
 of the City of Fayetteville
October 20, 1939 Annex. No. 1 to (…)
 South College
 Avenue Improvement
 District No. 1 of the
 City of Fayetteville
 - Unable to find record of sale to SCAID in 1939 or earlier records



14 N. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
8.13.2004 2004/32802 Kirk & Audrey RRTC Property
 Deffebaugh Investments
7/18/2002 2002/107238 RRTC Property Charlotte M. Hayes
 Investments
5/14/1991 1414/284 Charlotte M. Hayes Lola Jean Carr

7/23/1956 1009/720 Estate of Marden
 Carr
7.23.1953 1009/720 Madren Carr Commissioner of State
 Lands (…)
 - In 1926 aerial imagery
 Exhibit D

105 N. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10/2/2007 2007/37554 Richard & Gladys Milver Investments
 Tiffany
5.2.2006 2006/18378 Milver Investments Dan Pinkley & Barbara
 Raborn
3/26/1993 28/15761 Dan Pinkley & …
 Barbara Raborn
*additional research needed to clarify ownership between 1975 and 1993

8/23/1975 893/525 Claude Ricks & Anne Maxie & Nellie Skillens
 Virginia Ricks
10.26.1957 497/593 Maxie & Nellie Sarah Smith
 Skillens
10.12.1954 Sarah Smith JW & Emma Webb

9.28.1922 209/112 JW & Emma Webb J. A. & Nannie Ferguson

 - JA Ferguson owned in 1908, no structure on that lot in 1908 plat book



106 N. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Tommie Flowers Davis from present to 2008.
10.2.2006 2006/44117 Christopher D. Ruffin Elizabeth Buchanan
2.19.1960 535/8 Elizabeth Buchanan OZARK CHAPTER #295
 OF THE ORDER OF THE
 EASTERN STAR (Trustees:
 Mattie Ballard, Louise
 Blackburn, Jessie Utley)
 and Hill City Lodge #347
 (LG Buchanan, Rich Hall,
 and Major Blackburn)
7.18.1921 212/518 Hill City Lodge #347 Helen A. Duke & Annie D.
 Futrall (…)


119 S. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
3.2.1999 99/18916 Mary Rodgers Ralph & Mary Rodgers
10.1.1987 1243/488 Ralph & Mary E. Lamar & Donna C.
 Rodgers Pettus
6.22.1981 1044/372 E. Lamar & Donna C. Joy Drummonds; JW
 Pettus Rollins & Ruby Jo Rollins;
 Thomas Rollins & Lorene
 Rollins
11.13.1978 979/341 JW Rollins & Ruby Joy Drummonds
 Jo Rollins; Thomas
 Rollins & Lorene
 Rollins
11.13.1978 379/340 Joy Drummonds JW Rollins & Ruby Jo
 Rollins; Thomas Rollins &
 Lorene Rollins
 Exhibit D

*additional research JM Hendrix
needed
6.24.1930 265/291 JM Hendrix C.S. Tunstill

12.27.1927 255/72 C.S. Tunstill WM York

11.21.1922 213/98 WM York Ella Lehman

11.19.1921 205/85 Ella Lehman Reuben B. Horton

5.22.1913 207/74 Reuben B. Horton Commissioner of State
 Lands (…)
 - 1908 Plat map shows property owned by RB Horton
 - Mary Ruth Barker Rodgers passed away 9.15.2009
 - Ownership between Drummonds and Hendrix unclear – additional research is needed


127 N. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
9.1.2010 2010/25738 Deborah, Bruce, Estate of Willie Buchanan
 Darren & Willie Jr.
 Buchanan
8.2.1983 1087/653 Willie C. & Hazel S & K Development
 Buchanan Corporation
9.26.1962 580/355 S & K Development Amanda Baylor Tuttle
 Corporation
11.4.1922 206/366 Amanda Baylor Tuttle Walter A. Whittle

12.20.1915 162/236 Walter A. Whittle Katie Croenberger

2.13.1915 155/618 Katie Croenberger William & Jane Lehman

3.29.1903 70/501 William & Jane Leopold G. Baum
 Lehman
5/11/1902 S/351 Leopold G. Baum Henry Kaiser

10/19/1901 P/476 Henry Kaiser A.P. McRoy

11/27/1900 O/531 A.P. McRoy (…)

 - Amanda and John Tuttle at property in 1930 census. John listed as laborer on “odd jobs”.



234 S. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
6.23.2021 2022/12377 Valerie Blackburn, et. Loretta Carr Estate
 Al.
6.23.1988 1275/294 Loretta Blackburn Clara J. Hall & Theopolis
 Carr & Jack Carr Hall Jr. (deceased)
4.12.1974 867/903 Clara J. Hall & Madeline Oliver (…)
 Theopolis Hall Jr.
 - 1925 Directory lists Frank M. Crouch at address
 - Additional research needed to find title earlier than Madeline Oliver
 Exhibit D

437 S. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
5.14.2021 2021/18224 Rita F. Childress; Estate of Henry Childress
 Henry L. Childress; Jr.
 and Tony C.
 Childress
6.19.1974 869/322 Henry Jr. & Christine Robert & Daisy Rucker
 Marie Childress
12.30.1969 773/449 Robert & Daisy Jack Richard Carr
 Rucker
12.22.1969 773/383 Jack Richard Carr Alice Dennis

 Alice Dennis …

1896 G.E. Norwood …

 - Alice Dennis (Black) listed here in 1950 census with Daisy Sims (Black) listed as head of house
 - Additional research needed to complete title chain after Alice Dennis (divorced – Ernest Williams
 Jr.?)


440 S. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Pat Hennon & Diana Rivers to 1998
9.21.1978 973/721 Diana Rivers & Alice Byars (W. T. Byars,
 Marge McKinney deceased)
8.22.1947 382/49 W.T. & Alice Byars Harry Lee Wilkinson; Loyd
 W. & Lilabelle Wilkinson
 Harry Lee Wilkinson; …
 Loyd W. & Lilabelle
 Wilkinson
 - DM Harbison listed in 1908 plat map
 - *Additional research needed to connect between Wilkinson & Harbison
 - Alice Byars listed at property on N. College in 1950 census – no work listed for her. William is
 listed as a bookkeeper at wholesale creamery (white)


506 S. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Lafayette & Dorothy Barker owned since 1979.
11.1.1969 773/222 “Layfatte” (Lafayette) Everette & Dera Fondren
 and Dorothy Barker
9.30.1969 786/51 Everette & Dera Heirs of William U. Nelson
 Fondren – Betty Lou Nelson, Myrna
 Jean Nelson McCarty, &
 Ann Nelson
6.3.1963 594/186 William U. & Betty Everette & Dera Fondren
 Lou Nelson
4.20.1960 535/367 Everette & Dera S.R. & Jane Williams
 Fondren
5.6.1954 461/260 S.R. & Jane Williams Loren A. & Ione Brown

12.15.1952 447/443 Loren A. & Ione Harry G. & Vinita Wilkinson
 Brown
 Exhibit D

9.7.1950 421/124 Harry G. & Vinita Lloyd W. & Lilabelle
 Wilkinson Wilkinson
8.26.1957 382/92 Lloyd W. & Lilabelle Harry Lee Wilkinson
 Wilkinson
5.23.1946 367/82 Harry Lee Wilkinson Fred Ivey & Hattie Ivey (…)

 - DM Harbison listed on 1908 Plat Map
 - Additional research needed for title research after Fred and Hattie Ivey
 - Fred Ivey listed in 1950 census as Car Dealer Manager Gas Station & Repair Shop
 - S.R. listed as “lab” at Campbell Soup company residing at address in 1959 Directory. In 1955 &
 1957 Directory listed as poultry worker at C.A. Swanson & Sons and residing at address. White
 per draft card dated 1942.
 - William U. Nelson a laborer for highway department based on 1969 death certificate (white)
 - Loren Brown listed as a barber in 1930 census (white), then residing at 411 S. School St. in 1950
 barber living at 621 Leverett, 1947 Directory shows him as barber at UofA barber shop living at
 621 Whitham Ave.
 - H G Wilkinson owned/operated Wilkinson Hatchery & Milling Co. & Wilkinson Motor Company
 lived at 310 S. West Ave in 1947 Directory. Lloyd owned/operated Wilkinson Motor Company at
 115 S. East Avenue w/family lived at RD2 in 1947 Directory.


514 S. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Numerous to 2005.
1.11.2005 2005/10913 GEC LLC; Four Sons Bobby Morgan
 LLC
4.28.1962 895/622 Bobby L. & Roberta Stella Cowan
 Morgan
7.10.1952 445/66 Stella Cowan Clarence B. & Leona
 Bowman
9.13.1947 382/346 Clarence B. & Leona Harry Lee Wilkinson; Lloyd
 Bowman W. & Lilabelle Wilkinson
 (…)
 - Additional research needed to clarify ownership before Wilkinson family in 1947
 - Roberta Lackey Morgan was one of the first students to integrate Fayetteville High School in
 1954. https://www.bernafuneralhomes.com/obituaries/roberta-morgan-4/obituary
 - Stella Cowan (white) listed at 422 N. Washington Ave in 1947 Directory and 1950 Census.
 - Clarence B. Bowman (white) worked at DX Station (gas station) at 816 N. College and lived in
 Johnson according to 1947 Directory


619 S. Willow Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
5/17/2021 2021/21131 Virginia Denton; Margaret V. Smith Estate
 Ethel Smith; Melvin
 E. Smith; Martha
 Bradley; Billy E.
 Smith
7/25/1964 629/302 Clarence & Margaret W.C. & Helen Louise
 Smith Whitfield
5.26.1959 520/471 W.C. & Helen Louise Jennie Rogers
 Whitfield
5.18.1929 261/115 Thomas J. & Jennie Julia Turner (heir of Aaron
 Rogers Morrison) (…)
 Exhibit D

 - Thomas J. Rogers lived at 246 E. 6th St. w/ Jenny according to 1955 Directory. No occupation
 listed. 1951 Directory, at 246 E. 3rd St. In 1939 Directory lived at 145 E. 3rd St, no occupation
 listed.
 - Margaret V. Smith https://www.bernafuneralhomes.com/obituaries/margaret-smith-105/obituary


 209 E. MLK
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Potters House & School District to 1993.
 8.1978 913/220 Marie D. Chamblin, Zettia Ollison
 Georgianna Ross,
 Dorothy Harriet
 Jones (life estate for
 Zettia Ollison)
 8.31.1950 419/630 Zettia Ollison S.W. Ferguson

 1908 Plat Map D.M. Harbison (..)

 - 1950 Census – Andrew Allison (black) porter at City Bank; Zetta cook at Fraternity House. 1955
 Directory – Zetta Ollison cook at Washington Hotel lived at address (209 E. 6 th).


 302 E. MLK
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Martin Vasquez to 2003
 9.22.1999 99/82060 Drew & Shelly Mary Geraldine Wilks
 Lowrey
 1.2.1964 610/444 Mary Geraldine Wilks Hal C. Douglas & Helen F.
 Douglas
 10.14.1963 606/262 Hal C. Douglas & Herbert & Ida Boone
 Helen F. Douglas
 Herbert & Ida Boone …

 - Additional research needed to determine ownership before Herbert & Ida Boone



Vacant Property:

 377 E. Center (not vacant but not same house)
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Numerous to 1997
 4.27.1998 98/36927 City of Fayetteville Roberta M. Carr & Mary S.
 Carr
 12.19.1980 107/799 Roberta M. Carr & Linda Susan Roach
 Mary S. Carr (trustee)
 11.25.1972 842/110 Linda Susan Roach Floid T. Brid & Jane B. Bird;
 (trustee) Larry T. Bird & Mary
 Virginia Hopkins Bird


 165 E. Meadow - Demolished

 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Exhibit D

10.16.2025 2025/28922 James & Jacqui Leflar Paul Brickman

4.7.2003 2003/21651 Paul Brickman Cloteen Tucker

4.12.1950 461/240 Henry & Cloteen Mark St. Clair Ellis
 Tucker

8.16.1924 206/598 Mark St. Clair Ellis Albert M. & Mary E.
 Byrnes

1908 Plat Map: A. Byrnes (no structures)




 •



171 E. Meadow - Demolished

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

10.16.25 2025/28922 James & Jacqui Leflar Paul Brickman

4.7.2003 2003/21652 Paul Brickman Cloteen Tucker

8.5.1974 873/793 Cloteen Tucker Hatfield Development

3.29.1974 873/794 Hatfield Development Roosevelt Willis & Eddie
 Willis Jr.

6.14.1973 849/514 Roosevelt Willis & Hattie Bass
 Eddie Willis Jr.

10.24.1972 841/327 Hattie Bass Helen Wilks

4.15.1950 471/285 Helen Wilks Mark St. Clair Ellis

8.16.1924 206/598 Mark St. Clair Ellis Albert M. & Mary E.
 Byrnes

1908 Plat Map: A. Byrnes (no structures)

 • https://www.diehl-whittaker.com/obituaries/helen-s-mama-maxwell
 Exhibit D



765-12731-000 E. Center

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

6.2.1958 508/547 Carlos & Jewell Carr Labe & Ballie Joiner

9.6.1951 508/546 Labe & Ballie Joiner Mark St. Clair Ellis &
 Rose St. John Mildmay
 Ellis

 - structure present in 1954 to 2004 aerial images, not in 1941 image


765-12733-000 E. Center

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

8/7/2017 2017/PR-781-1 Vanessa Cook, et. Al Bobby York

10/31/1957 York Smith

 - structure present in 1926 to 2010 aerial images.


765-12703-000 E. Center

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

10/6/2008 2008/3198 Robert Walsh Dorothy D. Buchanan

11/24/1995 95/67028 Dorothy D. Buchanan Joe Bass (Hattie E. Bass)

7/16/1969 766/8 Hattie E. Bass Ocie Mae Jordan
 …
 - structure present from 1926 to 1978 aerial imagery


765-12739-000 (fmr. 221 E. Meadow)

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

Numerous to 1991

9.17.1991 1433/708 Charles Ruffin &
 Sylvester Jackson

 - structure present in 1926 to 2000 aerial imagery


11 N. Willow - Demolished

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

Numerous to 2002
 Exhibit D

9/16/2002 2009/30273 Carol S. Hertzog Kenneth Wayne Morgan

12.13.1974 880/820 Sherman & Minerva Sherman A. Morgan
 Morgan
3.14.1973 847/173 Sherman A. Morgan Lila Mae Morgan
 …
 - structure present in 1926 to 2000 aerial imagery


17 N. Willow - Demolished

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

Numerous to 2006

5.12.2006 2006/19242 Elizabeth Buchanan Annie Peel (widow of
 Jackson (survivor of Anthony Peel)
 Annie Peel)

3.17.1937 297/248 Anthony & Annie Peel Katie E. Wade
 - structure from at least 1941 to 2000 aerial imagery


765-12734-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

Numerous to 1976 912/287 E. Lamar Pettus Henry McGowen

4.30.1975 888/176 Henry McGowen Bradford & Delma
 Jenkins

9.23.1971 847/697 Bradford & Delma J. Frank Broyles &
 Jenkins Barbara D. Broyles
11.21.1962 641/337 J. Frank Broyles & Bradford & Delma
 Barbara D. Broyles Jenkins
10.23.1962 607/4 Bradford & Delma Suzanne C. Lighton
 Jenkins (estate of Sarah Smith)
10.16.1962 607/3 Estate of Sarah Smith Nellie Skillens & Maxie
 Skillens
3.31.1954 460/520 Nellie Skillens & Maxie J.W. Webb & Emma
 Skillens Webb
9.28.1928 J.W. Webb & Emma Nannie T. Ferguson
 Webb (widow of J.A. Ferguson)
 …
 - structure present in 1926 to around 1978 aerial imagery


765-12699-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

9.29.1949 404/494 Theo & Mammie Hall Walter A. Whittle

12.29.1915 162/236 Walter A. Whittle Katie Croenberger
 Exhibit D

2.13.1915 155/618 Katie Croenberger William & Jane Lehman
3.29.1903 70/501 William & Jane Lehman Leopold G. Baum
5.11.1902 S/351 Leopold G. Baum Henry Kaiser
10.19.1901 P/476 Henry Kaiser A.P. McRoy
 - structure in 1926, unclear after that.


765-12746-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

Numerous to 2007

8.14.2007 2007/32069 Redemption Deed -
 Taylor

3.26.1971 805/176 Roy Lee Taylor & Willie Mae Tatum
 Sandra Ruth Taylor
9.8.1971 556/306 Willie Mae Tatum Lola Manuel (widow of
 Christopher Manuel)
 Christopher Manuel
 …
 - structure 1954 to 1994


765-12745-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

9.8.2008 2008/30474 Glenda Deffebaugh, Jewell Carr
 Phil Deffebaugh, Sarah
 Thrower

8.22.1972 837/473 Jewell Carr Nellie Skillens & Maxie
 Skillens

9.5.1969 767/207 Nellie Skillens & Maxie Opal Fisher
 Skillens
9.4.1969 767/206 Opal Fisher Lola Manuel (Christopher
 Manuel)
 …
 - structure visible 1926-2004


765-12760-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

1/1/1987 87/PR-346 Sandra Ruth Carr
 Taylor, Et. Al.

2.18.1944 398/553 Labe & Ballie Joiner Will Carr

 - structure present 1926 to 1980
 Exhibit D

365 E MEADOW ST (house is new, not historic)

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

Numerous to 1994

3.10.1994 Habitat for Humanity Jessie Bryant
 Fayetteville

2.16.1944 340F/22 Labe & Ballie Joiner Arkansas Commissioner
 of Lands
 - structure 1954 to 1980


765-12760-010

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

8.26.1999 99/7798 Jessie Bryant & Lois Harold & Imogene
 Dean Bryant Macdonald

8.26.1999 99/77797 Harold & Imogene Jessie Bryant
 Macdonald

 …
 - structure 1941 to 1980 aerial imagery


765-06187-000 (116 N. Walnut)

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

2.16.2009 2012/2631 Alfonzo West & Ivory Mae Conley
 Sylvester Jean Craig

7.17.1997 97/47986 Ivory Mae Conley & Riley & Othella West
 Othella West

7/21/1964 627/80 Riley & Othella West Walter & Delia May
 Thomas
3/21/1957 492/89 Walter & Delia May Hallie Jean Knauss, John
 Thomas Raney Mayes, Jerry Otto
 Bollin, Richard Myron
 Mayes, and Bobby Joe
 Mayes
1.4.1927 236/249 John & Kathryne H.K. & Katie S. Wade
 Mayes
 …
 - google streetview: house appears on 2007 image, but gone by 2013
 - aerial images show a structure in 1926 to 2010


765-03747-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 Exhibit D

Cravens since 1970

5.4.1970 841/899 Billy Jo Cravens Angie M. Reynolds

4.1962 634/343 Angie M. Reynolds Frank & Jessie Reynolds
8.8.1950 432/188 Frank & Jessie S.W. Ferguson
 Reynolds
6.12.1950 417/626 S.W. Ferguson Sewer Improvement
 District No. 1 of the City
 of Fayetteville
 …
 - possibly structure 1926 to 1965


765-12779-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

 Bobby Barker, Jerome Ulon Fae Barnes
 Barker, Sherry Barnes
 Love

11.17.1975 895/693 Ulon Fae Barnes McRoy, Inc.

8.25.1971 822/785 McRoy Inc Jerome M. McRoy &
 Sylvia C. McRoy
3.31.1954 460/514 Jerome M. McRoy & Letty Jenkins (surviving
 Sylvia C. McRoy wife of Catha Jenkins)
12.23.1930 285/258 Catha & Letty Jenkins Grace E. Sanford & H.W.
 Sanford
9.21.1928 250/144 Grace E. Sanford George & Rinday
 Fitzgerald
 …
1908 Plat Map C.L. Netherland
 - additional research needed to confirm ownership before 1928
 - building on 1908 plat map, 1926 to 1965 aerial image,


194 E. Mountain (765-12776-000) – New house, original house demolished

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

5.12.2023 2023/12127 Frederick Cantabery & Bobby Barker, Jerome
 Lori Pope Barker, Sherry Barnes
 Love

5.14.1993 93/27793 Ulon Fae Barnes Washington County AR

11.29.1973 861/960 Washington County AR Bobby Bass
4.12.1948 392/149 Bobby Bass Ottis Parker
11.7.1924 201/401 Ottis Parker Hunter Adams
11.29.1947 392/147 Hunter Adams Mark St. Clair Ellis &
 Rose St. John Mildmay
 Ellis
5.9.1922 220/402 Hunter Adams Venie B Parks (JD Parks)
 Exhibit D

6.26.1917 170/450 JD Parks Commissioner of State
 Lands (for land forfeited
 1913)
1908 Plat Map – T.
Joyce
 - 1908 plat map structure to rear of lot (near Center St.)
 - Structure in aerial images 1926-1965


765-12805-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

10.13.2021 2021/41049 City of Fayetteville Heirs of Will York

8.28.1944 376/363 W.M. York Frank & Pearl Williams

5.19.1944 340F/72 Frank & Pearl Williams Commissioner of State
 Lands (for lands forfeited
 in 1922)
 - Structure 1926 to 1941 – looks like the structure on this lot may have been removed and the lot
 became the front yard for the lot south, which had a house.
 - 1906 plat map structure: G. Stroman


765-12799-001

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

8.22.1996 96/55123 City of Fayetteville Ronald & Marsha
 Woodruff

12.8.1995 95/66739 Ronald & Marsha Joe Thompson
 Woodruff

 …
 - Additional research needed to confirm ownership pre-1995
 - Structure in 1926 – 1994
 - 1908 Plat map, structure near rear of lot: L. Young


765-12799-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

10.22.1999 99/96119 City of Fayetteville Ernestine D. Carr & Ann
 Wright

5.19.1999 99/46325 Ernestine D. Carr & Mary Williams (fmr. Mary
 Ann Wright Woods Nations), Lonnie
 Ray Williams, Linda
 Woods

 …
 - Additional research needed to confirm when Mary & Linda inherited the property
 - Structure in 1926 to 1998 on aerial images
 Exhibit D



765-12798-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

7.22.1999 99/67651 City of Fayetteville Mary Williams & Linda
 Woods

5.19.1999 99/46326 Mary Williams & Linda Ernestine D. Carr & Ann
 Woods Wright

5.21.1998 98/43391 Ernestine D. Carr & Roberta Drake Weaver &
 Ann Wright Ernestine D. Carr
12.17.1986 1205/795 Roberta Drake Weaver Roberta Drake Weaver
 & Ernestine D. Carr
 Roberta Drake Weaver Mary Woods Nations &
 Linda J. Woods

 - Additional research needed to confirm when Mary & Linda inherited the property
 - Structure in 1926 to 1998 on aerial images


765-12800-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

4.30.1994 94/26793 City of Fayetteville Walter R. Niblock


3.13.1967 698/62 Walter R. Niblock Lewis Ford Sales Inc.

11.14.1966 690/343 Lewis Ford Sales Inc. Lloyd McConnell
(Foreclosure) (defendant: Loretta
 Blackburn (heir of Tilda
 Blackburn & Willie
 Blackburn))
3.11.1958 (Mortgage) 506/466 Tilda Blackburn Abshier-Bryan Motor
 Company
4.11.1946 362/233 Tilda Blackburn & Willie Rex W. Perkins &
 Blackburn Georgia May Perkins
9.15.1945 353/141 Rex W. Perkins & Herbert A. Lewis,
 Georgia May Perkins Gertrude Lewis
5.18.1945 352/133 Herbert A. Lewis Tilda Blackburn (widow of
 James Blackburn) &
 Willie Blackburn
9.12.1921 197/596 James Blackburn Sarah C. Thomas
 …
 - Structure present on 1926 aerial map, then appears gone in 1980. Another building by 1994?
 Then gone in 2000.
 - Sarah Thomas lived at 404 Washington in 1910 & 1920 Census


765-06328-000
 Exhibit D

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

9.6.2022 2022/35132 Tommie Flowers Davis Josie Lee Flowers and
 Trust Gregory Flowers

1.5.2016 2016/353 Josie Lee Flowers and George Flowers
 Gregory Flowers

10.26.1978 1069/192 George Flowers Claude Curry & Norma
 Curry
7.8.1965 653/297 Claude Curry & Norma Fredie Gene Warford &
 Curry Linda Louise Warford
9.9.1963 600/183 Fredie Gene Warford & Harvey Warford & Mildred
 Linda Louise Warford Warford
11.17.1959 531/400 Harvey Warford & Nancy Warford
 Mildred Warford
12.10.1953 460/148 Nancy Warford Jim Warford
11.13.1953 458/578 Jim Warford S.W. Ferguson
6.12.1950 417/262 S.W. Ferguson Land purchased at
 foreclosure (1927-1942)
 by Sewer Improvement
 District No. 1
 - 1908 Plat Map shows structure (lot not split)
 - Structure in 1926 – 1965 aerial images


765-06327-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

7.8.1988 1291/332 Amy Mayfield Mary Ann Clark & Amy
 Mayfield

2.20.1975 882/66 Mary Ann Clark & Amy Mabel Mayfield
 Mayfield

5.26.1970 784/160 Mabel Mayfield Phil L. Deal & Jo C. Deal
4.8.1964 616/287 Phil L. Deal & Jo C. BB Holland & Pearl
 Deal Holland
11.27.1963 607/388 BB Holland & Pearl Fred Church (surviving
 Holland spouse of Grace Church)
3.24.1954 460/465 Fred Church and Grace Willard Curry & Kathryn
 Church Curry
12.3.1953 459/62 Willard Curry & Kathryn Nancy Warford
 Curry
12.27.1946 376/191 Nancy Warford Millard & Farol Brown
10.7.1940 317/473 Millard & Farol Brown Ben and Belle Wages
7.3.1940 316/316 Ben and Belle Wages Kelley Brothers Lumber
 Company
3.15.1937 297/209 Kelley Brothers Lumber State Land Commissioner
 Company (for lands forfeited 1933)
 …
 - 1908 Plat Map shows structure (lot not split)
 - Structure in 1926 – 1978 aerial images (definitely gone by 1994)
 Exhibit D

765-06329-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

9.6.2022 2022/35132 Tommie Flowers Davis Josie Lee Flowers and
 Trust Gregory Flowers

1.5.2016 2016/353 Josie Lee Flowers and George Flowers
 Gregory Flowers

10.26.1978 1069/192 George Flowers Claude Curry & Norma
 Curry
7.12.1965 653/358 Claude Curry & Norma Fredie Gene Warford &
 Curry Linda Louise Warford
9.9.1963 600/184 Fredie Gene Warford & Jim Warford
 Linda Louise Warford
12.1.1937 305/79 Jim Warford & Pete J. H. & Sallie A. McIlroy
 Warford
 …
 - 1908 plat map no structure
 - Appears to be a structure in 1926 aerial map, no obvious structure past that image


765-06402-000 (fmr. 200 S. Willow)

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

 8.15.2001 2001/101292 St. James Missory McIlroy Investments
 Baptist Church

12.22.1994 95/14849 McIlroy Investments Hayden & Mary Jo
 McIlroy

7.11.1986 1281/61 Hayden & Mary Jo Industrial Finance
 McIlroy Company

3.28.1972 830/379 Industrial Finance B.H. & Jessie Utley
 Company
6.17.1940 344/252 B.H. & Jessie Utley J.W. Campbell et.al.
 …
 - 1908 Plat Map no structure
 - Structure 1954 aerial map to 1965, looks like it is gone by 1978


765-06403-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

10.30.2000 2000/91710 St. James Missionary Billie E. & Emily Jane
 Baptist Church Parette

5.13.1977 932/265 Billie E. & Emily Jane Raymond & Rosalee
 Parette Barker
 Exhibit D

7.21.1966 684/458 Raymond & Rosalee Andrew & Ethel Walker
 Barker

8.22.1927 239/394 Andrew & Ethel Walker C.S. Tunstill & Emma
 Tunstill
 …
 - Structure 1926 – 1980 aerial imagery (gone by 1994 image)


765-06404-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

Assessor’s data not available for this parcel.



765-06406-000

Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

6.23.2021 2022/12377 Lindsay Blackburn Jack & Loretta Carr


3.14.1992 92/11296 Jack & Loretta Carr C.T. Pearson

9.20.1990 1286/292 C.T. Pearson (Commissioner of Lands
 for lands forfeited
 1984)* additional
 research needed to
 identify records beyond
 this point.
Exhibit E
TO: Historic District Commission

FROM: Kylee Cole, Long Range & Preservation Planner

MEETING DATE: May 14, 2026

SUBJECT: Proposed South Fayetteville Local Historic District


Background:
On December 31, 2025, the City Clerk-Treasurer’s Office verified a resident-submitted petition
to propose a local historic district referred to as “Spout Spring Historic District”1. The Clerk-
Treasurer’s office verified seventy-three (73) signatures out of the total of one-hundred forty-
three (143) property owners within the proposed boundary. Their final calculation shows that
51% of property owners within the proposed district signed the petition. The required
percentage of signatures according to the Arkansas Historic Districts Act is 51%.

Following the validation of signatures, staff began intensive research into the properties
included within the boundary as submitted with the petition. Results from the Phase 1 Citywide
Survey of Historic Properties and additional property research were used to develop this report.
Since the petition was submitted with the intent of creating a local historic district associated
with historically Black-owned properties, information about past owners was required beyond
what was captured by the Phase 1 survey. Through a detailed review of deeds and property
records available from the Washington County Assessor’s Office, a chain of ownership was
identified for each property (Exhibit D). Owner names were cross referenced with census
records, archived city directories, newspaper articles, birth and death certificates, and obituaries
to confirm the identity of the owner. From this research a list of historically Black owned
properties was generated in support of the local historic district theme as submitted. Some
properties did not have a documented history of Black ownership but had historic-age buildings
associated with the 20th century working class neighborhood development in South Fayetteville.
Many owners were shown in Census records and archived city directories as holding blue-collar
jobs, largely within the neighborhood or in downtown Fayetteville. These historic properties are
recommended for inclusion in the South Fayetteville Local Historic District discussed below for
their association with the 20th-century working-class residential neighborhood.

April 9, 2026 Historic District Commission Meeting - Staff presented the initial report and
findings on the proposed district to the Historic District Commission (HDC) at their April 9, 2026
regular meeting. Staff’s recommendations for splitting the proposed historic district into two
separate districts based on ownership history and recommendations from the Phase 1 Citywide
Survey of Historic Properties were discussed in detail. The HDC requested that staff return to
the May meeting with separate reports detailing the recommendations.


1
 Due to the length of time spent on petition signature gathering, additional research and community meetings have made clear that
“Spout Spring” is not a placename that the neighborhood and long-time residents support. Alternative names should be pursued and
are discussed within this report.
The creation of local historic districts is supported by four elements of the City’s Heritage &
Historic Preservation Plan adopted in July 2023:
Heritage and Historic Preservation Master Plan Relevant Goals and Action Items
 1.9 Plan Review Include historic preservation staff in review of proposed major
 projects and zoning changes to determine impacts to historic
 resources.
 1.10 Demolition Pass an ordinance to allow for the review of proposed demolitions
 Ordinance for resources forty-five years or older. Staff to evaluate each
 property for significance. Work with property owner to discourage
 demolition. Reviews should be taken up by HDC as needed.
 3.7 Local Historic Poll NRHP historic district property owners to gauge interest in
 District becoming a local historic district. Based on poll results, prioritize
 Designation facilitation of local historic district designation.
 4.9 Community Publish information about historic preservation reviews and
 Engagement: demolitions of historic properties to increase transparency.
 Transparency

Boundary as Submitted:




Figure 1. District boundary as submitted with the petition.
The submitted boundary encompasses two areas located southeast of downtown. The northern
section includes around 100 parcels roughly bound by East Spring Street, North Walnut Avenue,
East Huntsville Road, and North Washington Avenue. The southern section includes around 50
parcels roughly bound by South Willow Avenue, East 7th Street, South College Avenue, and East
South Street/East Huntsville Road. More specifically, the proposed boundaries are shown in
Figure 1.

Recommended Boundary:
The boundary shown in blue below (and attached as Exhibit E) is recommended to create a
local historic district associated with the 20th century working class neighborhood development
in south Fayetteville.




 2




 1




 1. Three buildings are not recommended for inclusion in the district as it is on the periphery
 of the proposed district and contains two new construction residences and one historic-
 age residence with a moderate preservation priority that lacks adequate integrity of
 materials. This modification will also avoid creating an ‘island’ of properties along E.
 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
 2. The properties at the interior of the district that were excluded from the proposed
 boundary are recommended for inclusion to avoid creating an ‘island’ and to provide
 regulatory standards for changes that could impact adjacent properties.

History:
Fayetteville was founded as Washington Courthouse in 1828. The original extents of
Fayetteville were just 160 acres centered on the current downtown Square area, bounded by
College Avenue to the east, Gregg Avenue to the west, Dickson Street on the north, and South
Street on the south. By the late 1830s, all the original plots of land had been purchased and
development was well underway. In 1841, the town of Fayetteville incorporated with a
population of 425.2

Fayetteville experienced economic growth in the late 19th century, fueled by the arrival of the
railroad and the town’s rise as a regional leader for education. Fayetteville’s location at the
junction of multiple railroad lines connected the area to other states including Oklahoma and
Missouri. This allowed the city to function as an economic and distribution center for the
surrounding farmland’s agricultural exports. The timber industry grew in importance and mills
and factories established in Fayetteville provided economic opportunities and financial stability
for workers.

The city enjoyed amenities that were ahead of many other areas of northwest Arkansas.
Electricity was available, with streetlights and private power available throughout much of the
town. The Fayetteville Water Company had more than twelve miles of mains by 1904. Water
was pumped from the West Fork of the White River into a reservoir east of the courthouse with
a capacity of 720,000 gallons. On July 26, 1907, the city purchased the privately held
waterworks and established Water Improvement District No. 1.3

By 1908, the city expanded to include nearly 1,200 acres stretching from: Cleveland St. to the
north (or just north of Wilson Park), Mission Boulevard to the east, 4th Street to the south, and
Garland Avenue to the west. Residential areas fanned out from the original plat centered around
the square, including the areas south and east of downtown.4 By the 1890s, the Washington-
Willow neighborhood was beginning to undergo some infill with smaller homes, and lost its
upper-class leanings. Fayetteville’s elite moved north of downtown with some of the most
prosperous businessmen constructing large, high-style homes on Mount Nord. The area was
attractive, and at the time relatively secluded, with much larger lots than were available
elsewhere. Further residential development occurred to the north of Mount Nord in the
Englewood, Oak Grove, and Wilson additions. By the 1920s, this area generally north of
downtown was the premier residential area of the city.

Middle- and working-class Fayettevillians made their homes in the newer subdivisions of land to
the south of downtown that were undergoing development around the same time, including
areas subject to this local historic district recommendation. The area was platted as the Hick’s
Addition, Boles Addition, and Combs Addition in the late 1880s-90s. By the early 1900s, several
homes were present in the area, including properties at 344 S. Combs Ave. and 139 S.
Washington Ave., which were constructed circa 1905. Additional infill development occurred in
the 1910s, but residential construction in the area quickly escalated in the 1920s and 1930s.



2
  Fayetteville Heritage & Historic Preservation Plan, 29.
3
  1904 city directory, 41. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1904, pp1.https://fayettevillehistory.typepad.com/main/timeline/, accessed
December 27, 2024.
4
  Washington County Arkansas, 1908 Fayetteville City Plat.
By the 1920s, additional manufacturing and industrial growth and the continued expansion of
the University of Arkansas led to a growing middle- and working-class in Fayetteville. That year
the population reached 5,362 residents, a 20 percent increase in ten years. During the same
period, the city saw increased industrial and manufacturing growth. The Ely-Walker Dry Goods
Company built a manufacturing plant large enough to hold “at least 200 electric shirt-sewing
machines.” The 1920s also birthed the automotive age in Fayetteville, where just a few years
earlier in 1918, the city’s first streets were paved, including West Lafayette, Rollston, Highland,
St. Charles, Ida, and Dickson from St. Charles to Willow as part of the West Lafayette
Improvement District No. 1.5 By 1927, Washington County had approximately 1,000 vehicles
within its borders and several miles of paved roads.

Due to Fayetteville’s diverse economy, the city did not suffer as much as other parts of the state
during the Great Depression. The citizen’s retention of family farming practices, like raising
livestock and cultivating vegetable gardens, meant that people endured better than those in
larger cities. Food was widely available and a resident recalled, “people took care of each other;
there were no soup lines in Fayetteville.” Fayetteville fared well during the Great Depression,
and its population increased 38 percent to 7,394 people in 1930.

During the 1940s, processing plants for Armour, Swift, and Campbell’s Soup created additional
jobs in town and employment opportunities throughout the city continued to rise. Between 1940
and 1950, Fayetteville’s population nearly doubled to over 17,000.

 Fayetteville Population, 1840-1980
 40000 36608

 35000
 30729
 30000

 25000


 Population
 20274
 20000 17071

 15000

 10000 7394 8212
 4061 4471 5362
 5000 2942
 1788
 425 598 972 955
 0
 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980
 Year

Between 1910 and 1960, the neighborhood of south downtown was a middle and working-class
area for those employed downtown and in the city’s various industrial and manufacturing jobs.
Ten homes, or 50% within the recommended South Fayetteville Local Historic District boundary,
were constructed between 1920 and 1940. These were owned by a variety of working- to
middle-class individuals and their families.

A review of deeds, census records, and city directories sheds light onto the occupations and
socioeconomic status of people within the area. Along Combs Avenue, individuals were

5 https://fayettevillehistory.typepad.com/main/timeline/, accessed December 27, 2024.
identified as salesmen, bank employees, bakery workers, grocers, machinists at factories, and
gas company laborers. Along South Mill Avenue lived machine operators, retail clerks, a
carpenter, and the owner of a sheet metal shop. Rock Street was similar, home to a mail carrier,
café owners, service station workers, the owners of the Brooks & Oliphant Grocery (no longer
extant but formerly located at 230 S. Mill Ave), and employees of the local gas company and
Chamber of Commerce. Cab drivers, cooks, lineman, a welder, police officer, firefighter, service
station workers, and garment workers lived along S. Washington Avenue.

Neighborhood Architecture
The homes in this neighborhood were modest in size and design and attainably priced for the
working class. It is characterized by a diversity of home styles and types including Ozark
Vernacular forms (gable front, side gable, gabled ell), early 20th century bungalows, Ozark
Giraffe homes, Folk Victorian cottages, and others. This collection of homes represents a
relatively intact collection of architecture that reflects the neighborhood’s history. In recent
years, south Fayetteville has experienced significant new development, much of which are
incompatible with the scale and character of the neighborhood. Design regulations are
warranted to provide transparency and protection from additional loss.

Discussion:
This area is significant for its association with the labor history of working-class Fayetteville
(Criterion A). This recommended boundary aligns with recommendations out of the Phase 1
Citywide Survey. While this area does not reflect the full history of 20th century working class
residential development in south Fayetteville, the district may be amended with future efforts to
recognize and protect other properties. This proposed district would provide the first step to
creating a larger district representing and protecting this history.

Recommendation:
Based upon the findings in this report, staff recommend the Historic District Commission adopt
the boundary for the South Fayetteville Local Historic District and forward for review by the
Planning Commission and SHPO.

Recommended Motion:
“I move to forward the South Fayetteville Local Historic District report to the Planning
Commission and State Historic Preservation Office for consideration and comment.”

Attachments:
 • Exhibit A: Excerpt from Arkansas Historic Districts Act
 • Exhibit B: City Clerk Treasurer Verification Letter
 • Exhibit C: Inventory of Properties
 • Exhibit D: Deed History
 • Exhibit E: Local Historic District Map
Exhibit A
Exhibit A
 Office of the City Clerk Treasurer Exhibit B



 Kara Paxton – City Clerk Treasurer Phone: 479-575-8323
Courtney Spohn – Senior Deputy City Clerk cityclerk@fayetteville-ar.gov


 113 W. Mountain Street
 Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701




December 31, 2025


Re: Proposed Historic District – SE Fayetteville Historic District


After a detailed review of the Arkansas Historic Districts Act, deed records, and petition signatures,
our office has verified that there are enough signatures to meet the required threshold of 51%. Our
team was able to verify seventy-three (73) signatures out of a total of one-hundred forty-three (143)
property owners within the proposed boundary. Our final calculation shows that 51% of property
owners within the proposed historic district signed the petition. Based upon the dates located on the
petition pages, the timeframe that these signatures were collected was 10/2024 – 12/2025.




Respectfully,



Kara Paxton, MMC, CAMC
City Clerk Treasurer
 Exhibit C

Properties Within the Recommended Boundary:
All photos from Google Streetview (March 2025) unless otherwise noted.
 Address Photo
 600 S. College
 Date of Construction: 1932
 Style/Form: Art Deco/Streamline
 Modern
 Association(s): Jefferson School
 was constructed by the WPA as
 a segregated school for white
 children and was integrated in
 1965 following the closure of the
 Lincoln School.
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: Y
 Preservation Priority: High
 612 S. College
 Date of Construction: c. 1978
 Style/Form: Mid-Century Modern
 Association(s): Designed by
 Warren Seagraves
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: Y
 Preservation Priority: Moderate



 322 S. Combs
 Date of Construction: c.1915
 Style/Form: Gabled Ell/ “Bent
 House
 Association(s): White, working
 class ownership history.
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: Y
 Preservation Priority: Moderate

 335 S. Combs
 Date of Construction: 2023
 Style/Form: N/A
 Association(s): N/A
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: N
 Preservation Priority: N/A
 Exhibit C


338 S. Combs
Date of Construction: c. 1930
Style/Form: Ozark Giraffe
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate




342 S. Combs
Date of Construction: c. 1930
Style/Form: Ozark Giraffe
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate




339 S. Combs
Date of Construction: c. 1935
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate
 Exhibit C


344 S. Combs
Date of Construction: c. 1905
Style/Form: Queen Anne
Cottage
Association(s): Older than most
houses in the area and higher
style. White ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




350 S. Combs
Date of Construction: c.1975
Style/Form: Mid-Century Modern
Association(s): Historically Black
church founded in 1960s.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate
209 E. Martin Luther King Jr.
Date of Construction: c.1944
Style/Form: Side Gable
Association(s): Zetta Ollison
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate




220 S. Mill
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Historic white
working class ownership.
Currently owned by Mary Carr.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Low
 Exhibit C


222 S. Mill
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Low




120 E. Rock
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Bungalow
Association(s): White working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: Low




130 E. Rock
Date of Construction: c.1925
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Not associated
with historic Black ownership,
but relatively intact gable
residence where many historic
age homes have been lost.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: Low
 Exhibit C


149 E. Rock
Date of Construction: c.1941
Style/Form: Gable Front
Association(s): Not associated
with historic Black ownership.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: Low



139 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1905
Style/Form: Bungalow
Association(s):
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Low


309 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c. 1930
Style/Form: Bungalow
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate




313 S. Washington
Date of Construction: 2019
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A
 Exhibit C


318 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c. 1933
Style/Form: Bungalow
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate
319 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c. 1925
Style/Form: Bungalow
Association(s):
White, working-class ownership
history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate


321 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c. 2021
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A

Note: this property was originally
a small gable front home that
has undergone a large front
addition and no longer conveys
it’s historic design.




325 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c. 1930
Style/Form: Bungalow
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate
 Exhibit C


411 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c. 1940
Style/Form: Gabled Ell/”Bent
House”
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership history.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate


437 S. Washington
Date of Construction: 2016
Association(s):
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A




439 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Side Gable
Association(s): Cashmere
Funkhouser
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate




526 S. Washington
Date of Construction: 2000
Style/Form:
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
 Preservation Priority: N/A

517 S. Washington
Date of Construction: 2002
Style/Form:
Association(s):
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A
 Exhibit C


531 S. Washington Ave.
Date of Construction: c. 1925
Style/Form: Ozark Giraffe
Association(s): Home of Ralph
"Buddy" Hayes (local jazz
musician) during the 1940s-
1970s. Sebel Tuttle.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High


532 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1940
Style/Form: Minimal Traditional
Association(s): Chrystal
Funkhouser, Carolyn
Funkhouser Bradford.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
 Preservation Priority: Moderate

535 S. Washington
Date of Construction: c.1915
Style/Form: Minimal Traditional
Association(s): Rosie Parker
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate




437 S. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1938
Style/Form: Gabled Ell/”Bent
House”
Association(s): Alice Dennis,
Jack Carr, Robert & Daisy
Rucker, Henry & Marie Childress
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: Moderate
 Exhibit C


440 S. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1930
Style/Form: Ozark Giraffe
Association(s): White, working-
class ownership.
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




506 S. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1930
Style/Form: Ozark Giraffe
Association(s): Lafayette &
Dorothy Barker
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




514 S. Willow
Date of Construction: c.1930
Style/Form: Ozark Giraffe
Association(s): Bobby & Roberta
Morgan
Contributing to Local Historic
District: Y
Preservation Priority: High




525 S. Willow
Date of Construction: 1997
Contributing to Local Historic
District: N
Preservation Priority: N/A
 Exhibit C


 619 S. Willow
 Date of Construction: c.1960
 Style/Form: Front Gable
 Association(s): Clarence &
 Margaret Smith
 Contributing to Local Historic
 District: Y
 Preservation Priority: Moderate



Properties Not Recommended for Inclusion in the Local Historic District:
 302 E. Martin Luther
 King Jr. Blvd.
 Date of Construction: c.
 1955
 Style/Form: Gabled
 Ell/”Bent House
 Association(s): Mary
 Geraldine Wilks
 Contributing to Local
 Historic District: Y
 Preservation Priority:
 Moderate

 576 S. Willow
 Date of Construction:
 2026
 Contributing to Local
 Historic District: N
 Preservation Priority: N/A
 Notes: Rear building in
 photo.



 588 S. Willow
 Date of Construction:
 2026
 Contributing to Local
 Historic District: N
 Preservation Priority: N/A
 Notes: Front building in
 photo.
 Exhibit D

District Deed History
Note: Occupations or trades were noted where Census records, city directories, obituaries, or other
documentation were available. Only properties within the proposed district boundary are included in this
document. Importantly, some properties may have been rental homes, and information about the
occupants may be unavailable unless indicated in archived city directories.

If information has been omitted or incorrectly identified, please reach out to
longrangeplanning@fayetteville-ar.gov so we can update the record.

 322 S. Combs
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 8.18.1992 92/42012 Mary Ellen Worthy Lorne & Thelma Worthy
 8.18.1992 92/42012 Lorne & Thelma Worthy Richard P. Arens & Carol
 Lynn Arens
 8.23.1991 1433/685 Richard P. Arens & Eoff & Co., Inc.
 Carol Lynn Arens
 2.14.1990 1354/409 Eoff & Co., Inc. Wade & Ida M Gabbard
 6.11.1949 402/36 Wade & Ida M Gabbard Carl W. Ledford & Ida M.
 Ledford
 400/299 Carl W. Ledford & Ida John Everett Ward &
 M. Ledford Ethel Millie Ward
 6.4.1947 379/453 John Everett Ward & Effie Owens Jeffers
 Ethel Millie Ward (widow of W.H.Owens)
 3.13.1942 322/426 Effie Owens Jeffers Pat & Anna L. Johnson
 (widow of W.H.Owens)
 10.1.1930 265/521 Pat & Anna L. Johnson Fannie Walker
 10.14.1929 264/248 Fannie Walker J.F Hall
 12.31.1928 250/471 J.F & M.P Hall H.W. Wilks
 2.10.1928 241/49 H.W. Wilks O.E. Hinkle
 11.22.22 213/110 O.E. & Mamie Hinkle S.C.G. Freiley & Elsie
 Freiley
 S.C.G. Freiley & Elsie
 Freiley
 Note: 1908 Plat Map no owner listed, but house footprint present
 Sources:
 • Samuel Freiley listed as salesman at Washington County Hardware Company – residing at 32
 S. Willow in 1920 Directory.
 • J.F. and Martha Hall operated a board and rooming house at 27 E. Rock St. in 1925 directory.
 • Pat Johnson circuit clerk of Washington County; Anna supervisor of nurses at City Hospital
 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141480007/pat-a-johnson#view-photo=238115045
 • William Henry Owens was employee of First National Bank (death certificate)
 • John Everett Ward truck driver for wholesale grocer with $900 income (per 1940 census)
 • Wade Gabbard was Salesman at McCord-Ozark (1959 City directory); Ida operated a machine
 at a garment factory (1950 census). In 1951 Directory wade listed as “vatmn” at Browner Veneer.
 • Carl W. Ledford was a “common laborer” for the gas company


 338 S. Combs
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 6.3.2022 2022/19178 Allison & Andrew Karl Friar
 Brooks
 9.5.1979 1000/42 Karl & Joy Friar Edward E. Pearson
 Exhibit D

8.3.1976 913/39 Edward E. Pearson Lillian V. Cary (Herbert J.
 Cary)
8.29.1969 767/83 Lillian V. Cary HerbertD.F. Johnson & Mary J.
 J. Cary Johnson
5.7.1960 539/2 D.F. Johnson & Mary J. Hazel Wilson
 Johnson
7.16.1959 526/580 Hazel Wilson Elizabeth Janes (…)
Note: 1908 Plat Map footprint looks different. Appears on 1930 Sanborn map.
Sources:
 • Elizabeth Janes listed as a teller at Fayetteville Building and Loan Assoc. and residing at 230
 W. Meadow in 1959 City Directory, bookkeeper for Walter S. Duggans in 1939 Directory residing
 at 347 N. Washington, keeper in 1920 directory residing at 111 E. Spring
 • Hazel Wilson listed in 1950 census as keeping house, and husband Ott was a mechanic at a
 service station. 1959 City directory lists Ott as attendant at Mountain Inn Motor Service (11 S.
 College).


339 S. Combs
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.5.2020 2020/36972 CCar Properties Cory Rogers & Amanda
 Cole
8.30.1995 95/45364 Cory Rogers & Amanda Richard H. Barrett II
 Cole
6.11.1991 1418/930 Richard H. Barrett II Melanie Blankenship
8.8.1985 1149/526 Melanie Blankenship Trammell Scott Starr &
 Margaret Martin Starr
4.30.1979 987/943 Trammell Scott Starr & R.L. Wommack & Mary
 Margaret Martin Starr Lou Wommack
2.16.1979 983/780 R.L. Wommack & Mary Charles & Pat Hoffman
 Lou Wommack (…)


342 S. Combs
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
2.24.1994 94/12858 Karl Friar Jane Huber
2/17/1992 93/9612 Jane Huber Dessie Jarnagan
4/20/1945 348/185 Dessie Jarnagan & Ada Wayne & Edith Vail
 Bell Jarnagan Brown
4/15/1937 320/35 Wayne & Edith Vail John R. & Arminta Vail
 Brown
3/23/1935 285/185 John R. & Arminta Vail George Buckley
12/27/1932 267/563 George Buckley R. K. Hodges
 R. K. Hodges (…)
Note: not on 1908 plat map
 • R. K. Hodge listed on Rock Street on 1925 directory, Rollston in 1920, Block in 1904
 • 1939 City Directory Wayne Brown is Deputy Hand at M W & Co, listed at address.
 • 1939 Directory John R & Mintie Vail at 344 S. Combs
 • 1947 City Directory lists Dessie as salesman at Gateway Bakery & living at address.
 • 1959 City Directory lists Dessie Jarnagan as salesman at Shipley Baking Co. (311 Dickson)


344 S. Combs
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
3.31.1988 1263/884 Linda Joy Fox A B Culy & Julie Krohn
 Exhibit D

7.2.1983 1080/372 A B Cully & Julie Krohn James Hawkins
11.21.1975 1080/371 James Hawkins E. Lamar & Donna Pettus
9.5.1975 893/823 E. Lamar & Donna Tina Thurman (Elzie
 Pettus Thurman)
3.31.1960 843/242 Elzie Thurman Claude A. & Winnie
 Woods Williams
11.20.1950 423/322 Claude A. & Winnie Claude A. Williams Jr. &
 Woods Williams Helen Margaret Williams
12.2.1947 386/46 Claude A. Williams Jr. Fred & Hattie Ivey
 & Helen Margaret
 Williams
3.21.1946 360/227 Fred & Hattie Ivey WP & Ella May Ferguson
9.6.1945 352/22 WP & Ella May Arminta Vail (John R.
 Ferguson Vail)
9.12.1936 John R & Arminta Vail George Buckley
12.27.1932 267/563 George Buckley R.K. & Elene Hodges
 RK & Elene Hodges (…)
 • 1939 Directory John R & Mintie Vail at 344 S. Combs
 • 1947 Directory Frederick & Hattie Ivey
 • Claude Williams not listed in 1959 City Directory


220 S. Mill Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
12.30.1993 94/810 Mary E. Carr Coy & Bernice Durning
9.28.1983 1091/927 Coy & Bernice Durning Alma Lane
7.2.1956 488/35 Alma Lane R.C. & Myrtle J. Lane
12.26.1947 386/219 R.C. & Myrtle J. Lane Fount Earl & Bertha
 Frederick
12.6.1943 386/200 Fount Earl & Bertha Dixie McAdams
 Frederick
3.9.1936 292/394 Dixie McAdams Bert & Emily Frances
 Atkinson
9.21.1928 250/141 Bert & Francis Atkinson J.F. & M.P. Hall
9.20.1928 250/138 J.F. & M.P. Hall J.E. Moore & Mary E.
 Moore
6.1.1928 241/372 J.E. Moore & Mary E. N. F. Drake
 Moore
6.8.1927 239/278 N. F. Drake Eliza Wilks (Chidester) &
 Lola Chidester
1.19.1910 144/395 Eliza Chidester I.G. Combs & Martha A.
 Combs and WH & PJ
 Rollins (…)
 • Alma Lane listed as machine operator at Oberman Mfg. Co. in 1959 Directory
 • Coy W. Durning listed as a baker at W.G. Shipley Baking in 1951
 • Fount Frederick was a clerk at Wards listed in 1947 City Directory.
 • Dixie McAdams (widow of Albert C) listed at 115 N. East Ave. in 1939 City Directory.
 • J.E. and Mary Etta owned Jas E Moore Sheet Metal Shop according to 1939 City Directory


222 S. Mill Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.15.20 2020/38475 Cindy Dewitt Patrick & Victoria Carney
 Exhibit D

6.27.2014 2014/16334 Patrick & Victoria Marilyn S. Phillips
 Carney
7.10.1989 1445/405 Marilyn S. Phillips Joe & Angela Stevens
 Joe & Angela Stevens Vickie Halperin & Howard
 Halperin
11.23.1984 1445/404 Howard Halperin Linda Kay Hendricks
2.20.1981 1036/261 Linda Kay Hendricks Charles E. & Barbara
 Hanks; E. Lamar Pettus &
 Donna C. Pettus; William
 Weston Rogers & Gloria
 Weston Rogers
8.8.1977 941/24 Charles E. Hanks Mary Jane Serett (Guess)
7.15.1968 790/367 Mary Jane Guess John P. Doyle
6.12.1967 790/366 John P. Doyle Walter P. Rolniak & Mary
 Rolniak
11.4.1963 790/365 Walter P. Rolniak & R.C. Harding & Ruth L.
 Mary Rolniak Harding
4.3.1958 505/389 R.C. Harding & Ruth L. Jennie E. Titus
 Harding
5.5.1955 476/35 Jennie E. Titus Flossie Thurman
 Anna Tuller
3.20.1952 441/576 Flossie Thurman R.C. & M. J. Lane
4.15.1948 362/281 R.C. & M. J. Lane Hettie B. Moore (J.F.
 Moore)
8.28.1937 298/378 Hettie B. Moore (J.F. Richard B. Greer
 Moore)
8.28.1937 298/377 Richard B. Greer Hettie B. Moore (J.F.
 Moore) (…)
 • JF Moore funeral director residing at 331 N Highland in 1925 directory, 1939 directory
 • Hettie B Moore managed Moore’s Gift Shop
 • Robert C. Lane carpenter at manufacturing company; wife at home; son at dry cleaning company
 in 1950 census (at 222 Mill)
 • Jennie Titus & Anna Tuller were sisters (1940 census)
 • Jennie Titus listed in 1959 City Directory as Razorback News Stand, and that year living at 638
 Whitham Ave.
 •




120 E. Rock St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
5.6.1992 92/23087 Terry J. Jones Marcia May Apple & David
 Swenson
10.12.1984 1121/705 Marcia May Apple & Marcia May Apple [Green]
 David Swenson
7.30.1975 888/888 Marcia May Green Benny D. Moore & Carol L.
 Moore
10.17.1973 888/883 Benny D. Moore & Jerry D. & Sharon Sweetser
 Carol L. Moore
10.20.1967 716/35 Jerry D. & Sharon Everett Buckner & Peggy
 Sweetser Buckner
9.14.1966 689/456 Everett Buckner & Jerry D. & Sharon Sweetser
 Peggy Buckner
 Exhibit D

11.16.1965 665/215 Jerry D. & Sharon Wade & Gladys Fincher;
 Sweetser Chester & Dorothy House
10.21.1965 665/131 Wade & Gladys William Howard Morris &
 Fincher; Chester & Dixie E. Morris
 Dorothy House
7.25.1949 402/518 William Howard Delbert P. Combs Jr. & Lora
 Morris & Dixie E. Sellick Combs
 Morris
1.14.1946 358/427 Delbert P. Combs Jr. Lucy Leigh Brown
 & Lora Sellick Combs
12.5.1945 355/424 Lucy Leigh Brown Leo & Bonnie Jean House

1.25.1945 347/136 Leo & Bonnie Jean Lena Patterson
 House
12.1.1942 331/7 Lena Patterson Seba W. Jackson; Lylah
 Jackson
12.1.1939 331/7 Seba W. Jackson; Grover & Lottie Couch
 Lylah Jackson
5.29.1933 171/408 Grover & Lottie Walter D. & Myrtle Lucas
 Couch
4.13.1926 232/471 Walter D. & Myrtle Odus & Essa Brooks
 Lucas
3.4.1921 201/1036 Odus & Essa Brooks Col. H. Clark; Ida B. Clark;
 Frank Clark; Anna Clark
 (…)
Note: no structures 1908, 1919; structure on 1930 sanborn map
 • Odus Brooks listed as a farmer in 1920 census, carpenter in 1930 census living at 334 S.
 Washington Ave., carpenter in 1947 directory living at 115 S. Washington
 • Grover Couch a mail carrier and Lottie a teacher residing at 112 S. College in 1930 Census, 1940
 Census
 • Seba & Lylah Jackson owned and managed a café according to 1940 census and lived at the
 address. 1939 City Directory lists the restaurant at 5 E. Mountain, and residence at 103 E.
 Mountain.
 • Leo House salesman in 1940 census
 • Delbert P. Combs worked in a service station 1950 census; Lora S. Combs was an assistant
 secretary for the Chamber of Commerce listed in 1947 City Directory.
 • William Morris salesclerk at gas company 1950 census, 1959 City Directory lists them living at
 720 E. Rock St.*


130 E. Rock St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
10.28.2005 2005/48665 Jason & Robin Jones Gary W. Paulk
1.9.1989 1305/110 Gary W. Paulk Freddie Brooks; James E.
 Brooks
1.7.1987 1211/964 Freddie Brooks; Freddie Brooks; Carole
 James E. Brooks Brooks
3.17.1921 190/513 Fred E. Brooks Odus & Essie Brooks

3.4.1921 201/1036 Odus & Essa Brooks Col. H. Clark; Ida B. Clark;
 Frank Clark; Anna Clark
 (…)
Note: no structures 1908, 1919; structure on 1930 sanborn map
Home of local artist Jason Jones
 Exhibit D

 • Freddie, store manager of Fairway Stores Inc. Living at 54 J. Jackson Dr.* in 1959 City
 Directory. Fred E. was president of Fairway Stores Inc. lived at 815 E. Lakeside Dr. in 1959 City
 Directory. Living at address in 1947 City Directory & 1951 City Directory; & listed as Brooks &
 Oliphant Grocery (230 Mill Ave).



149 E. Rock St.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
11.15.2006 2006/46754 Tyrene Jones; Jason Helen P. Andrews; Paul T.
 C Jones Andrews
7.14.1956 489/318 Helen P. Andrews Fred E. & Bessie C. Brooks
11.30.1944 344/168 Fred E. & Bessie C. Roy E. Scott & Eunice Alta
 Brooks Scott
1.31.1938 332/13 Eunice Alta Scott Charles H. Lang

9.5.1925 225/526 Charles H. Lang J.D. Paris & F.E. Paris (…)

Note: Different structures on 1908 plat map; not on 1913 sanborn, 1919 sanborn, 1930 sanborn, 1948
sanborn; not on 1954 aerial; PRESENT on 1955 sanborn
 • Fred E. was president of Fairway Stores Inc. lived at 815 E. Lakeside Dr.* in 1959 City Directory.


139 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
7/3/2006 2006/28047 William & Letitia Letitia Jane Brooks
 Boscia
9.30.1983 1092/108 Letitia Jane Brooks James C & Josephine L
 Brooks & Helen M & Joe L
 King
9.21.1983 1092/106 James C. Brooks & William H. Bassett
 Helen M. King
 William H. Bassett (…)

Notes: Additional research needed to determine ownership prior to William H. Bassett. building not on
1908 plat map/no name; on 1926 aerial; ON 1930 sanborn map
 • James E. & Jackie Brooks listed at this address in 1947 directory. Driver for Checkered Cab Co.
 James C. listed as driver for Checkered Cab Co. res. At 115 S. Washington.


309 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Note: multiple to 1977
10.26.1977 942/863 Frankie & Geneva Amos Dean Hughes & Sally
 Rankin Jean Hughes
5.2.1964 616/565 Amos Dean Hughes William Owen Johnson &
 & Sally Jean Hughes Gladys Johnson
9.11.1950 421/112 William Owen Milton E. & Edith M.
 Johnson & Gladys McCawley
 Johnson
11.2.1944 380/578 Milton E. & Edith M. O.S. Hammond
 McCawley
2.9.1943 331/230 O.S. Hammond Bertha Marie Cole
 Exhibit D

1.19.1943 331/164 Bertha Marie Cole Clinton C. Cole

3.20.1936 294/302 Clinton C. Cole Guaranty Building & Loan
 Bertha Marie Cole Assoc.
12.12.1935 291/598 Guaranty Building & Commissioner of State
 Loan Assoc. Lands (…)
Note: on 1930 sanborn; on 1948 sanborn map; ON 1955 sanborn map
 • William Owen Johnson employee at Ark W Gas Co. on 1950 census, construction foreman at
 Gas Co. in 1959 City Directory.
 • Milton McCawley Maintenance man at gas co & Edith was “kitchen helper” at school cafeteria on
 1950 census. In 1947 City Directory Milton Listed as Lineman for Ark W Gas Co.
 • Charlie & Marie Cole (W) listed at 317 in 1940 Census


318 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Multiple to 2005
10.24.2004 2005/19359 Rue Watts Paul & Rue Watts
5.26.1949 446/258 Paul & Rue Watts Mildred Salsbury
2.5.1949 398/28 Mildred Salsbury Russell Salsbury Mildred
 Salsbury
2.23.1946 396/359 Russell Salsbury Beulah Ownbey
 Mildred Salsbury
8.30.1937 301/428 Beulah Ownbey First Natl. Bank Huntsville
 AR (…)
Note: I.G. Comb on 1908 plat map (no building); not on 1926 aerial; on 1941 aerial
 • Russell Salsbury a welder at J. Claude Salsbury in 1947 city directory.
 • Paul Watts listed as sheet metal worker at Fayetteville Sheet Metal in 1951 City Directory.


319 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
6.6.1994 94/36625 Lee-Fen Ko Daniel G & Leslie A Coston
2.5.1988 1257/636 Daniel G & Leslie A Jo Ann Gervais
 Coston
5.17.1983 1078/277 Jo Ann Gervais James H. White Jr.

9.22.1978 973/421 James H. White Jr. Amos Dean Hughes & Sally
 Jean Hughes
5.1.1969 760/221 Amos Dean Hughes Ruben A. & Velma J.
 & Sally Jean Hughes Parden
3.22.1961 569/296 Ruben A. & Velma J. Richard H. McChristian &
 Parden Marie McChristian
10.16.1950 423/92 Richard H. Leo E. & Wilma N. Cole
 McChristian & Marie
 McChristian
4.22.1946 364/2 Leo E. & Wilma N. Frank & Maudie Kelly
 Cole
12.1.1941 362/111 Frank & Maudie Kelly Lorraine A. Williams

10.13.1941 321/500 Lorraine A. Williams Commissioner of State
 Lands (…)
 - Reuben Parden listed as Fixer at Bear Brand Hosiery in 1959 city directory (W)
 Exhibit D

 - Richard McChristian was Assistant manager and security officer at First National Bank West
 Branch and Fayetteville police officer (death certificate)
 - Frank Kelly a farmer in 1950 census
 - Lorraine Williams listed as Home Counciler at gas company living with parents at Summit drive in
 1950 census, lived at 320 S. Washington in 1930 census
 - Leo Cole firefighter listed in 1947 City Directory


325 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
Numerous to 1978
2.14.1978 978/750 Clara A. Porter Gregory L & Patsy Porter
2.14.1978 957/396 Gregory L & Patsy Clara A. Porter
 Porter
7.21.1977 935/446 Clara A. Porter Ervin A Porter

7.21.1977 935/445 Ervin & Clara A. Cecil R Chappell & Minnie
 Porter E. Chappel
4.30.1965 645/403 Cecil R Chappell & Claud & Grace Salsbury
 Minnie E. Chappel
10.16.1950 423/573 Claud & Grace W.B Shumate
 Salsbury
11.10.1941 364/125 W.B Shumate CL & Agnes Stoddart

11.10.1941 320/539 CL & Agnes Stoddart Anna L & Pat Johnson

4.5.1938 305/382 Anna L Johnson Richard B Greer

3.5.1938 305/189 Richard B Greer Anna L Johnson & Pat
 Johnson (…)
 - Pat Johnson circuit clerk of Washington County; Anna supervisor of nurses at City Hospital
 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141480007/pat-a-johnson#view-photo=238115045
 - William B Shumate worked at Conoco Service Station and resided at address in 1947 Directory.
 - Claud Salsbury a welder in 1950 census, operated Salsbury Garage in 1947 directory.
 - Cecil R Chappel filling station manager in 1950 census


411 S. Washington Ave.
Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor

7.6.1984 1113/379 Julis L & Verna Clarence Rice
 Thompson
6.1984 1111/285 Clarence Rice Sue & Virgle C. Harris;
 James & Cindy Rice
 Sue & Virgle C. (…)
 Harris; James &
 Cindy Rice
1959 City Directory Clarence & Viola
 Rice (at address)
1947 City Directory Clarence & Viola
 Rice (at address)
 - 1959 Directory shows Clarence & Viola Rice residing at address, mechanic at Oberman Mfg.
 Co in 1957 directory. 1951 employee at OBerman Garment. 1947 City Directory machinist at
 Oberman & Co. living at address.
 - 1939 Directory lists William C & Viola at 124 W. South St. (laborer)
TO: Historic District Commission

FROM: Kylee Cole, Long Range & Preservation Planner

MEETING DATE: March 12, 2026

SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Oak Grove Local Historic District

Background:
On February 3, 2026 property owners at 515 N. Park Avenue submitted a written request for
inclusion in the Oak Grove Historic District. This proposed addition includes property to the west
of the current boundary along Park Avenue. This property was not included within the original
boundary as proposed by petitioners in the initial Oak Grove Historic District and the property
owner requests to be included.

The creation of local historic districts is supported by four elements of the City’s Heritage &
Historic Preservation Plan adopted in July 2023:
Heritage and Historic Preservation Master Plan Relevant Goals and Action Items
 1.9 Plan Review Include historic preservation staff in review of proposed major
 projects and zoning changes to determine impacts to historic
 resources.
 1.10 Demolition Pass an ordinance to allow for the review of proposed demolitions
 Ordinance for resources forty-five years or older. Staff to evaluate each
 property for significance. Work with property owner to discourage
 demolition. Reviews should be taken up by HDC as needed.
 3.7 Local Historic Poll NRHP historic district property owners to gauge interest in
 District becoming a local historic district. Based on poll results, prioritize
 Designation facilitation of local historic district designation.
 4.9 Community Publish information about historic preservation reviews and
 Engagement: demolitions of historic properties to increase transparency.
 Transparency

Boundary:
The proposed amendment would modify the district’s western boundary along North Park Avenue
to encompass the subject property. More specifically, the boundaries are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Proposed Boundary Amendment


History:
The Oak Grove Historic District, located just north of Fayetteville’s historic commercial
downtown, extends roughly between Highland Avenue on the east, North Park Avenue on the
west, West Louise Street on the north, and West Maple Street on the south. This area contains
land originally incorporated into the city through the Oak Grove and Englewood Additions in the
early 1900s (Figures 2 & 3).




Figure 2. 1907 Plat Map of Englewood Addition. Portion of proposed
district outlined in red.

This area broadly captures the eastern portion
of the Wilson Park Historic District (NRHP).
As outlined in the National Register of Historic
Places nomination, “the initial development of
the Wilson Park District occurred in the early
part of the century during a boom period for
Fayetteville.”1 The development of Oak Grove
and the far eastern portion of the Englewood
Addition was primarily led by Noah Fields
Drake, a geologist and University of Arkansas
professor.2

After the construction of his family home at
501 N. Forest Ave., Drake tried his hand at Figure 2. 1908 Plat Map of Oak Grove Addition. Portion in
 proposed district outlined in red.
1
  Kenneth Story, “Wilson Park Historic District National Register of Historic Places Nomination”, Arkansas Historic Preservation
Program, February 2, 1995.
2
  Drake was born on January 30,1864 near Summers, around 20 miles west of Fayetteville. He graduated in 1888 from the
Arkansas Industrial University (now University of Arkansas) with a degree in civil engineering. After graduation, he worked on the
Arkansas Geological Survey, then relocated to Texas for work with the State Geological Survey. In 1893, he followed mentor Dr.
J.C. Banner to Leland Stanford University in California, where he earned several degrees, including a Ph.D. in geology in 1897.
Following graduation, he spent one year with the United States Geological Survey before accepting a position at Pei Yang
University in Tientsin China to teach geology and mining and worked on several high-profile government projects.
In 1911, Drake returned to the U.S. and accepted a position at the University of Arkansas as a professor of geology and mining.
Drake served as the state geology, chair of the Geology Department, and curator of the University Museum before retiring from
academia in 1920.
residential and commercial real estate development. He purchased lots in the Oak Grove and
Englewood additions, including the subject property, and revised the plats. Drake constructed
eleven residences between 1925 and 1936, many of which are located in the Oak Grove Local
Historic District.3 Other lots within and around the neighborhood were sold and developed by
owners, including the property at 515 N. Park Ave. which Drake sold to James Gordon Davis
and Mildred H. Davis on February 2, 1945.

Drake was instrumental in the development of Wilson Park, Fayetteville’s original City Park, just
northwest of the neighborhood. He and other businessmen formed the City Park Company,
which improved the park and built the first permanent pool in 1926.4 Drake was also vital in the
establishment of the municipal airport. In 1929, he donated $3,500 to the city to purchase the
land for an airport, then in 1947 the City renamed the airport Drake Field in honor of Noah
Fields Drake.5

Architecture of Oak Grove
The Oak Grove neighborhood is architecturally distinctive, with a high concentration of
Craftsman homes, including significant examples of residences constructed by Noah Fields
Drake known locally as “Rock Houses.”6

Most of the homes within the boundary feature some level of Craftsman detail or influence.
Many feature prominent front porches, deeply set windows, exposed rafter tails, and low-pitched
gabled roofs, characteristic of the Craftsman style.7

The residence at 515 N. Park Avenue is primarily a plain/traditional design with some minor
Craftsman details. Like the residences at 9 W. Davidson St., 506 N. Forest Ave., and 511 N.
Forest Ave., the home leans almost to the minimal traditional with a simple rectangular form and
very shallow overhanging eaves. Narrow, square railings, low-pitched side-gable roof, and
textured lap siding provide some hints toward the Craftsman style seen elsewhere in the
neighborhood. This home was constructed around 1945, later than most other homes in the
district and during a period when the popularity of Craftsman style was beginning to wane and
serves as an important bookend to the early construction of the neighborhood.

Discussion:
The proposed addition to the district is significant for its part in the development of the
neighborhood and the end of Noah Fields Drake’s influence on residential development in Oak
Grove.

Recommendation:
Staff recommend the Commission forward the Local Historic District amendment to the Planning
Commission and State Historic Preservation Office for review and comment.

Attachments:
 • Excerpt from Arkansas Historic Districts Act • Chain of Title
 • Property Photos • City Clerk Treasurer Verification Letter


3
  He created Drake’s Replat of Block IV of the Revised Plat of Gate’s [sic] Subdivision to Oak Grove Addition and Drake’s Replat of
Blocks I and VI of Englewood Addition. Four of Drake’s houses are located on Park Avenue, six of them on West Davidson Street
and one on Highland Avenue. Dowling, “Building a Vernacular Neighborhood and Beyond.”
4
  Story, “Wilson Park Historic District.”
5
  Wappel and Garrison, On the Avenue, 9.
6
  Cyrus A. Sutherland with Gregory Herman, Claudia Shannon, Jean Sizemore Jeannie M. Whayne and Contributors, "Wilson Park
and Rock Houses", [Fayetteville, Arkansas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP,
2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AR-01-WA20, accessed: October 6, 2025.
7
  Virginia Savage McAlester, A Field Guide to American Houses, (New York: Knoft, 2023), 567.
 Photos8




8 All photos from Zillow, accessed 3.6.2026, https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/515-N-Park-Ave-

Fayetteville-AR-72701/72850274_zpid/?.
Chain of Title
 Date Book/Page Grantee Grantor
 11.15.2019 2019/35324 Max F. McAllister III Rahmat
 & Karen J. McAllister Sadelisoebagia
 Soemadipradja
 8.10.2002 2002/116368 Rahmat Lewis Stanley Deen
 Sadelisoebagia
 Soemadipradja
 6.23.1997 97/41810 Lewis Stanley Deen John M. & Kimberly
 Hooker
 5.21.1997 97/37634 John M. & Kimberly Pine Tree
 Hooker Investments LLC
 3/18/1997 97/16951 Pine Tree Robert Ross
 Investments LLC
 8.21.1984 1118/314 Robert Ross Robert Scott
 Thompson
 4.26.1984 1107/378 Robert Scott Douglas D. Knapp &
 Thompson Sandra J. Pringle
 3.26.1983 1059/427 Douglas D. Knapp & Bennett Warren
 Sandra J. Pringle Holtzclaw & Mary
 Katherine Holtzclaw
 12.20.1974 880/6962 Bennett Warren J. Foster Holtzclaw
 Holtzclaw & Mary & Grayce Fay
 Katherine Holtzclaw Holtzclaw
 6.1.1970 791/327 J. Foster Holtzclaw Bennett A. Shiley &
 & Grayce Fay Matilda Shiley
 Holtzclaw
5.1.1956 486/537 Bennett A. Shiley & Mildred H. Davis
 Matilda Shiley (widow of James
 Gordon Davis)
4.8.1954 461/14 James Gordon George McKinney &
 Davis Lillie Mae McKinney
2.2.1945 437/258 James Gordon N.F. Drake & Lota
 Davis & Mildred H. West Drake
 Davis

Meeting of the Historic District Commission
 April 9, 2026, 5:30 PM
 City Hall Room 101 & Zoom

NOTE: The April 9, 2026 Historic District Commission meeting was held in person and
online. Staff were present in person.

Members: Chair Christine Myres, Meredith Mahan, Mark Harper, Cheri Coley, Jennifer Didway,
Tommie Flowers Davis, and Karen Rorex

City Staff: Kylee Cole – Long Range & Preservation Planner; Britin Bostick - Long Range
Planning & Special Projects Manager, Kaci Black – Long Range Communication & Outreach
Specialist

 Call to Order: 5:36 PM

 In Attendance: Chair Christine Myres, Vice Chair Cheri Coley, Jennifer Didway, Mark Harper,
 Tommie Flowers Davis, Karen Rorex, Kylee Cole, Britin Bostick, and Kaci Black.

 Approval of Minutes from the March 12, 2026 Meeting: Motion to accept by Vice Chair
 Coley, second by Commissioner Flowers Davis. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote.

 Unfinished Business:
 1. Oak Grove Design Guidelines: Cole recapped the item for the Commissioners
 noting that the Guidelines had been written and proposed by the neighborhood and
 reformatted by staff. Major changes, new construction and demolition of historic
 structures are emphasized in the mandatory guidelines. Repair and maintenance as
 well as changes to interiors and public safety (rare and emergency situations) does
 not require review and approval by the HDC. Cole asked Commissioners if they were
 ready to move forward with the proposed guidelines or if there were additional
 questions or discussion needed.
 Chair Myres asked about future owners and how they might treat the historic homes
 and whether they might be sufficiently aware of the preservation requirements. She
 shared she found the guidelines reasonable and asked Cole about next steps. Cole
 replied it would be a motion to adopt, and the final version could be distributed to the
 neighborhood and the City’s internal process for reviews would begin.
 Commissioner Harper asked if staff have any reservations. Cole is comfortable with
 what is presented and noted her confidence in the guidelines being applied due to
 the high level of participation and buy-in from the property owners themselves. Chair
 Myres asked for a motion and a second. Commissioner Harper moved to accept the
 Oak Grove guidelines as presented. Motioned seconded by Commissioner Rorex.
 Unanimously approved by voice vote.
 2. Downtown Design Overlay District Review: Bostick shared that Moore Iacofano
 Goltsman (MIG) has been hired as the consultant for the Downtown Plan and made
 a quick visit earlier this week. A schedule of events and engagement will be out
 shortly and staff will be providing monthly updates to the Commission.
3. Proposed Southeast Fayetteville Local Historic District:: Cole thanked the
 Commission for the extra time and consideration while she completed the draft she
 shared last month. She started the presentation by showing the steps required in the
 process to establish a local historic district and where this proposed district is in the
 process. She showed the certified petition results, the number of properties included
 with a map, and the role the Phase 1 citywide survey is playing in this proposal as
 we now have preservation priorities available for the neighborhood via that survey
 work, which was not available for the Oak Grove petition.
 Cole noted the research resources she used to learn the ownership history of the
 included properties and also had a lot of assistance from Commissioner Flowers
 Davis. She also noted that public records would not capture who renters and other
 inhabitants who were not listed in available deed records. She showed additional
 maps to illustrate her findings of historic Black ownership and what historic aerial
 photos indicated where houses were but are no longer there.
 Commissioner Flowers Davis spoke to the community about not adopting the “Spout
 Spring” name and had voted on the Historic Black Community of Southeast
 Fayetteville name.
 Vice Chair Coley asked what “SHPO” meant in Cole’s presentation. It is the State
 Historic Preservation Office, same as the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
 (AHPP).
 Vice Chair Coley also asked if a local historic district and a local ordinance district
 are the same thing. Cole replied yes.
 Cole noted that she would be consulting with the neighborhood on the official name
 before this district goes to City Council for their consideration. Commissioner Flowers
 Davis noted on the Jefferson School that while some in the community have called it
 a Black school, both it and Washington were the only two Black students were
 allowed to attend. Flowers Davis has heard input that the Jefferson School be
 included in the district. Cole agreed the boundary can be amended. Chair Myres and
 Vice Chair Coley were in favor of including the Jefferson School.
 Cole has a recommendation for the Commission’s consideration that slightly modify
 the proposed boundary to two areas where she was best able to confirm historic
 Black ownership, where historic structures still exist to protect with the district, and
 where it most closely aligns with the recommendations of the Phase 1 survey. She
 did acknowledge that since many structures have been demolished there is not
 some of the historic fabric that would more fully reflect historic Black ownership to
 our view of the neighborhood today.
 Cole’s recommendation for consideration included a second local historic district
 comprised of three sections that would be characterized as a historic working-class
 neighborhood as identified and recommended by the Phase 1 survey. These are
 properties that Cole could not identify Black ownership. She did, however, see
 professions listed on the Census that are typically characterized as blue-collar
 occupations, primarily in the Downtown and this was an affordable neighborhood for
 residents in those professions. The Phase 1 survey identified a much larger area for




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consideration as a local historic district, but Cole has limited her recommendation to
the area included in the petition. Because her recommendation is limited to areas
within the proposed boundaries no additional signatures or petition efforts would be
needed, but the Commission does have options for how they decide to move forward
and which version of report they would like to send to the Planning Commission and
SHPO.
Commissioner Coley asked if Cole is able to show all of the proposed boundaries
together? Cole will email that requested map to the Commission.
Commissioner Harper asked if the properties indicated on the map are of a historic
age or if the boundaries were worked around? Cole responded that she kept
properties included regardless of age if the owner had signed the petition.
Chair Myres is in favor of moving this forward quickly and values recognizing the
history of ordinary people rather than only on neighborhoods like Mount Nord.
Commissioner Flowers Davis asked how Cole would get the history of the second
proposed district? Cole replied that she had a lot of it from her current research but
would need to do some additional work to write the second report and capture the
architectural styles. Commissioner Flowers Davis noted she had worked with Cole
on the aspects of the boundaries and how many more people and homes there had
been in the neighborhood that are no longer there, and how the full story, the truth of
this neighborhood, is told. Cole shared a third recommendation acknowledging how
many homes and buildings had already been lost, making the inclusion in a local
historic district more challenging. Due to how much history is now erased, additional
efforts to formally recognize the history of the neighborhood via policies, to not
continue the use of “Spout Spring” on City documents and items, to amend names
that were not established in consultation with the neighborhood, and to consider
combining the HDC and BHPC so that there is additional representation for the
neighborhoods that have historic districts.
Vice Chair Coley asked how the recommendations would work and if they are limited
to just one option. Cole explained the different options and how the HDC would
proceed. Coley asked if they can send recommendations one at a time or if they all
need to go forward at once? Cole replied that the Commission can make that choice
and let staff know what they are ready to move forward.
Commissioner Harper asked Cole to clarify her recommendation. Cole replied it is
the three-part recommendation that includes both forwarding a district and also the
additional steps. Harper is in favor of adding voices to the Commission as the role
has adjusted over the last few years to take on additional responsibilities.
Commissioners Flowers Davis noted that the community was historically very
meshed even though there is a gap showing in Cole’s map. Cole appreciated the
highlight and noted the boundary is reflective of a focus on where property owners
signed the petition, where there are very few historic homes, and current conditions
rather than historic conditions.
Chair Myres said she would like to see if the Commission can forward Cole’s
recommendation for two districts as well as a proclamation or resolution with formal
recognition of the history of the full neighborhood. Cole’s follow up question was
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 reflecting those two distinct districts before they forward to the Planning Commission
 and the SHPO? Chair Myres and Commissioner Harper are satisfied with the
 information presented for the Black district but would like the separate report for the
 second district to be provided for consideration at the next meeting. Cole asked to
 confirm with the Commission the request for two reports with more research into the
 second district? The Commission generally agreed.
 4. Oak Grove Local Historic District Amendment: Staff has received the first formal
 request to add the property at 515 N. Park Ave to the Oak Grove district. Cole
 showed the additional property and shared the history of the property and noted the
 process would follow that already established for the creation of the Oak Grove
 district. Commissioners were generally agreeable to that proposal and agreed with
 staff’s request to table the item to the next meeting so that the comment timeline
 begins for all districts at once.

 New Business:
 5. Annual Historic District Commission Award Nominations: Cole presented the
 Commission with the nominations. Discussion of the nominations and awards
 followed with Commissioners recognizing individuals and organizations who have
 contributed their efforts and investment into the city’s historic preservation efforts.
 The awards ceremony will be held at the May HDC meeting, Thursday, May 14 at
 5:30pm in City Council Chambers. Chair Myres requested that the ceremony be at
 the beginning of the meeting and the Commission’s business to be conducted
 following. Staff will order and organize the awards.
 6. Demolition Report: Distributed to Commissioners by Cole.

Announcements:

 7. Maylon Rice is working on his annual This Place Matters social media campaign for
 National Historic Preservation Month in May.
 8. Staff is hosting a neighborhood meeting on the proposed historic district for
 Southeast Fayetteville on Sunday, April 12 at 2:00pm at the Yvonne Richardson
 Community Center.
 9. Commissioners complimented Cole on her work on the report for the Southeast
 Fayetteville neighborhood.

Adjourned: 7:51 PM




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