Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Arkansas - Ouachita County
Ouachita County Arkansas has 40 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Fort Lookout, Fort Southerland, Poison Spring State Park, Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge and Camden Confederate Monument.

Several famous people are associated with these Ouachita County historic places including Frederick Steele, Steele, Frederick, et al., Capt. John T. Burkett and Peter Newport Bragg.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Ouachita County places including unknown, J.T. Mendenhall, Asa Morgan, William George Harkey, Emmanuel Sifford, Henry Harvey, Charles Thompson, William Peterson, Johnson and Wagner and E.C. Seibert. Prominent architectural styles found in Ouachita Country are Greek Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Classical Revival.

Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge (added 2005 - - #05001078)
Also known as Site #OU0181, Bridge #M1038
AR 57 over Union Pacific RR. , Stephens
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related, Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related, Road-Related
Bearden Waterworks (added 2006 - - #06000908)
Also known as OU0185
Jct. of N. 2nd and N. Cedar , Bearden
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McEachin & McEachin, Inc., PWA
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Water Works
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Water Works
Bell, Joseph Dudley, Cotton Gin House (added 1978 - - #78003475)
Poison Springs Rd. , Chidester
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Owner:
Private
Bragg House (added 1974 - - #74000487)
W of Camden on AR 4 , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Bragg,Peter Newport
Significant Year:
1850
Area of Significance:
Military, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Burkett, Capt. John T., House (added 1998 - - #98000620)
Also known as OU0067
607 Ouachita County Rd. 65 , Frenchport
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Harkey, William George
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Burkett, Capt. John T.
Significant Year:
1899
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Camden Confederate Monument (added 1996 - - #96000462)
Also known as OU0046S
Courthouse Lawn, Jefferson St. between Harrison St. and Scott Alley , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Camden Water Battery (added 2007 - - #07000615)
Also known as OU0199
Address Restricted , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Clifton and Greening Street Historic District (Boundary Increase II) (added 2007 - - #07000955)
622, 630 and 634 Clifton and 206 Dallas and 502 Greening , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Clifton and Greening Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2001 - - #01001232)
Also known as 411 and 417 Greening St., Lato Duplexes
411 & 417 Greening St. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Clifton and Greening Streets Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000911)
Roughly bounded by Clifton, and Greening Sts., and Dallas, and Cleveland Aves. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Thompson, Charles
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Elliott-Meek House (added 1974 - - #74000483)
761 Washington St. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Fort Lookout (added 1994 - - #94001183)
Also known as Redoubt A;OU0032;Camden Expedition Sites
S bank of the Ouachita R., about 1.0 mi. W of US 79 , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Steele, Frederick
Significant Year:
1864
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Fortification, Unoccupied Land
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Fort Southerland (added 1994 - - #94001184)
Also known as Redoubt E;OU0049;Camden Expedition Sites
Roughly bounded by: Lear Ave., Bradley Ferry Rd., and Progress St. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Steele, Frederick, et al.
Significant Year:
1864
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Fortification, Unoccupied Land
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Graham-Gaughan-Betts House (added 1974 - - #74000484)
710 Washington St. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sifford,Emmanuel
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
HOMER, The (Shipwreck) (added 2002 - - #02000979)
Also known as 3OU248
Address Restricted , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
Harvey's Grocery and Texaco Station (added 2001 - - #01000524)
Also known as OU0153
3241 AR 24 , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Harvey, Henry
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related, Specialty Store
Hickman House (added 2006 - - #06000090)
Also known as OU0145
3568 Mt. Holly Rd. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Holt-Poindexter Store Building (added 1986 - - #86002948)
Also known as Ogemaw General Store
Ouachita County Rd. , Stephens
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Post Office
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Department Store
Laney, Ben, Bridge (added 2000 - - #00000633)
Also known as OU0152
US 79B over Ouachita River , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jones, D.F., Construction Co., Arkansas Highway and Transportation
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Leake-Ingham Building (added 1975 - - #75000399)
926 Washington St., NW , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office, Library, Professional
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lester And Haltom No. 1 Well Site (added 1976 - - #76000442)
NE of Stephens on Old Wire Rd. , Stephens
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Economics, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
McCollum-Chidester House (added 1971 - - #71000127)
926 Washington St., NW , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Missouri--Pacific Railroad Depot--Camden (added 1992 - - #92000605)
Also known as OU0011
SW corner of Main and First Sts. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Oakland Cemetery (added 2000 - - #00000634)
Also known as OU0029
100 Blk. of Maul Rd. bounded by Pearl St. and Madison Ave. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery, Confederate Section (added 1996 - - #96001408)
Also known as OU0029
N of Pearl St., between Adams and Young Sts. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Oakland Farm (added 1978 - - #78003062)
Also known as Tate House
S of Camden at Tate and Oakland Sts. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Multiple
Significant Year:
1886
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Old Camden Post Office (added 1977 - - #77000263)
133 Washington St., SW , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Morgan,Asa
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Ouachita County Courthouse (added 1989 - - #89001958)
145 Jefferson Ave. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Peterson,William, Harding,Thomas,Jr.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
Poison Spring State Park (added 1969 - - #69000036)
Also known as Battle of the Poison Spring
NW of Camden , Chidester
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Battle Site, Forest
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Monument/Marker, Park
Powell, Benjamin T., House (added 1974 - - #74000485)
Also known as Powell-Godwin-May House
305 California Ave. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Richmond-Tufts House (added 1977 - - #77000264)
Also known as Pryor House
NW of Camden on AR 24 , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Multiple
Significant Year:
1853
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Rumph House (added 2003 - - #03000948)
Also known as OU0084
717 Washington St. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Saint John's Episcopal Church (added 2017 - - #100000556)
117 Harrison Street, Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1926 AD
Smith, Rowland B., House (added 1974 - - #74000486)
234 Agee St. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Tate's Barn (added 1972 - - #72000207)
902 Tate St. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility
Tate's Bluff Fortification (added 2002 - - #02001628)
Also known as OU0095, 3OU38
Address Restricted , Tate's Bluff
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Two Bayou Methodist Church and Cemetery (added 1998 - - #98000830)
Also known as OU0079
Ouachita Cty Rd. 125 , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mendenhall, J.T.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Tyson Family Commercial Building (added 1994 - - #94001339)
151 Adams St., SE. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Department Store
Umsted, Sidney A., House (added 1995 - - #95000789)
Also known as OU 0100
404 Washington St. , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Johnson and Wagner, Seibert, E.C.
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Secondary Structure
Washington Street Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001256)
Also known as OU0014;OU0035-OU0045;OU0056, OU0084;OU0100;OU0202-OU0255
404-926 W. Washington, 619-816 Graham, 116-132 N. Cleveland, 131-139 N. Agee and 132 N. California , Camden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Watts, Charlie, et al.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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