Henry Clay Mills House, Van Buren

#14 among attractions in Van Buren

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The Henry Clay Mills House was a historic house at 425 North 15th Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. This modest frame house was built in 1892 by Henry Clay Mills, an African-American former slave turned businessman. Mills was born into slavery in 1847, and after the American Civil War worked for many years as a laborer on a plantation near Mulberry. He eventually developed a moving and shipping business in Van Buren, typifying advancement of African-Americans of the period from agricultural to non-agricultural economic opportunities. ()

Built: 1892 (132 years ago)Coordinates: 35°26'30"N, 94°20'33"W

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Henry Clay Mills House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Olive United Methodist Church, Drennen-Scott House, Van Buren Women's Literary Club, Van Buren First Assembly of God.

0.8 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Mount Olive United Methodist Church, Van Buren
20 min walk • The Mount Olive United Methodist Church is a historic church at Lafayette and Knox Streets in Van Buren, Arkansas. It is a rectangular single-story brick structure with Gothic Revival styling.
0.8 miSW
History museum, Museum
Drennen-Scott House, Van Buren
21 min walk • The Drennen-Scott House is a historic house museum on North 3rd Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. It is a single-story log structure, finished in clapboards, with a side-gable roof that has a slight bell-cast shape due to the projection of the roof over the front porch that extends across the width of its main block.
0.8 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Van Buren Women's Literary Club, Van Buren
20 min walk • The Van Buren Women's Literary Club is one of the oldest surviving literary societies of its type in the nation, founded in 1896 to improve the education of its members by providing access to books.
1 miNW
Church
Van Buren First Assembly of God, Van Buren
25 min walk • The Van Buren First Assembly of God, located in Van Buren, Arkansas, United States is an Assemblies of God church in Arkansas. With a membership of over 1,000 and an average Sunday attendance of about 600, it is located in the Northwest part of the state.
1 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Wilhauf House, Van Buren
26 min walk • The Wilhauf House is a historic house at 109 North 3rd Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. Built in 1838 and restyled in 1847, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the state.
~1920 ftS
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
King Opera House, Van Buren
10 min walk • The King Opera House is a performance hall located on Van Buren, Arkansas's Main Street. Since it was built in the late 19th century, the opera house's stage has hosted many plays and performers.
0.8 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Clarke–Harrell–Burson House, Van Buren
20 min walk • The Clarke–Harrell–Burson House is a historic house at 603 Parkview in Van Buren, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure with Greek Revival styling, built about 1841, and is believed to have been the first non-log house built in the area known as Logtown that is now part of the city of Van Buren.
0.7 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Dr. Charles Fox Brown House, Van Buren
19 min walk • The Dr. Charles Fox Brown House is a historic house at 420 Drennan Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. It is a single story brick structure, whose main block is five bays wide, with a small secondary block set back from the front at the left, and an ell extending to the rear.
0.8 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture
Joseph Starr Dunham House, Van Buren
21 min walk • The Joseph Starr Dunham House is a historic house at 418 Broadway in Van Buren, Arkansas. Built c. 1870, this 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is a fine local example of Gothic Revival architecture, with a steeply-pitched side-gable roof that has front-facing gable dormers decorated...

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Which popular attractions are close to Henry Clay Mills House?

Nearby attractions include King Opera House, Van Buren (10 min walk), Dr. Charles Fox Brown House, Van Buren (19 min walk), Van Buren Women's Literary Club, Van Buren (20 min walk), Clarke–Harrell–Burson House, Van Buren (20 min walk).

How to get to Henry Clay Mills House by public transport?

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Van Buren, Arkansas (17 min walk)