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The first historic structure in Arkansas to be restored with state funds in 1929, this courthouse was built for Hempstead County in 1836. During the Civil War, Arkansas Governor Harris Flanagan chose ...

Built in 1914, this building served as the second public school building for the town of Washington. Today, it is available for rent by the public for various events and group activities. Bunk rooms a...

This former bank houses a large weapons exhibit including matchlocks, flintlocks, muskets, rifles, shotguns, revolvers, and Bowie knives. The majority of the items were collected by the late B.W. Edwa...

Built by the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation in 1960, the blacksmith shop is an interpretative center with two working forges. Washington’s most famous blacksmith, James Black, is credited w...

Built by Abraham Block in 1832, this house is one of the few Federal-style structures remaining in southwest Arkansas. Block was the first documented Jewish settler in Arkansas in the late 1820s. He s...

This home was built around 1860 by Dr. Robert A. Brunson of Columbus, Arkansas. Before its relocation here, the home was located about eight miles northwest of Washington in the community of Colu...

Learn about 19th century lighting and dip your own souvenir candle. Tour tickets, snacks, a gift shop, and park information are all located here.

This building houses the museum collections of Historic Washington State Park and also the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives, which is a branch of the Arkansas History Commission. 

This Greek Revival home was constructed by Augustus Crouch on the southwestern edge of the town of Washington. It was moved to its present location by the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation in ...

The Goodlett Cotton Gin was moved to Washington from the nearby community of Ozan. This 1883 structure represents the importance that cotton played in the South and southwest Arkansas in the late 19th...