John Brooks built this Greek Revival house for Grandison D. Royston and family in 1845. A lawyer and planter, Royston served in the 1836 and 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Conventions and was a member o...
Simon T. Sanders, county clerk from 1839-1869, lived here with his family until the late 1870s. Sander’s position as county clerk placed him at the center of Washington’s social and political life. Th...
This home was built in 1847 by John D. Trimble, a local merchant in Washington. In 1978, the John D. Trimble heirs donated their family home and furnishings to the Pioneer Washington Restoration Found...
This Carpenter Gothic-style church was built in 1889 to replace an earlier church destroyed by fire. In a 1907 tornado, the structure was lifted off its foundation and thrown in the street. Local...
This building was originally located 10 miles away just off the Southwest Trail in the community of Marlbrook. Built in 1832, it was owned by John Williams and, during the 19th century, served as a lo...
This home was built in the early 1850s in the community of Columbus, Arkansas, about eight miles northwest of Washington. In the 1980s, the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation moved the building...
After the county seat was moved from Washington to Hope, the Washington Public School moved into the 1874 Hempstead County Courthouse. With assistance from the Works Progress Administration, a gym was...
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The Ozark Folk Center State Park is home to more than 20 craft artisans. Each artisan has their own climate controlled workshop in the Craft Village where they create, demonstrate, teach and sell thei...