Heights in Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Bishop Hiram A. Boaz House
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 5, 2022
1. Bishop Hiram A. Boaz House Marker
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Erected by Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Department of Arkansas Heritage.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1926.
Location. 34° 46.022′ N, 92° 19.327′ W. Marker is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County. It is in Heights. It is at the intersection of Armistead Road and Edgehill Road, on the left when traveling east on Armistead Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 22 Armistead Rd, Little Rock AR 72207, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Block Realty-Baker House (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Heights A History (approx. one mile away); Memorial Stadium (approx. 1.3 miles away); War Memorial Golf Course (approx. 1.3 miles away); Stifft's Station (approx. 1.4 miles away); Over the Jumps (approx. 1½ miles away); Wild Boar (approx. 1½ miles away); A Wild Look Back (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Little Rock.
Regarding Bishop Hiram A. Boaz House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
In 1926, Bishop Boaz returned to the United States, and on May 5, the general conference of the Methodist Church met in Memphis, Tennessee. Bishop Boaz was assigned to conferences in Arkansas and Oklahoma for the following quadrennium. As Boaz believed that a bishop should live within the boundaries of his episcopal area, he accepted the offer of Coy Haynes, a Little Rock businessman, to build a home in that city. Bishop Boaz and his wife found plans in Dallas, drawn by the architect Marion Fooshe, that suitedtheir tastes and selected a building lot at 22 Armistead Road in the new and restricted Edgehill Addition. Charles L. Thompson, who was described by Boaz in his autobiography as an excellent architect and a good Episcopalian, was the supervising architect and George H. Burden (a fine builder and a good Methodist) received the building contract.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 5, 20222. Bishop Hiram A. Boaz House Marker
Also see . . .
1. Bishop Hiram A. Boaz House (PDF). National Register nomination for the house, which was listed in 1994. (National Archives) (Submitted on November 25, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Boaz, Hiram Abiff (18661962). A Kentucky native, Boaz was president of Polytechnic College (later Texas Wesleyan University) and Southern Methodist University before he became bishop. (Howard Grimes, The Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association) (Submitted on November 25, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Unknown via Archives of the Central Texas Conference, United Methodist Church
3. Bishop Hiram A. Boaz (1866-1962)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 262 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 25, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
