Harrison in Boone County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

1893 Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 22, 2023

1. 1893 Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast Marker

Inscription. It was built in 1893 by William M. Duncan in true Queen Anne architecture. Duncan was the son of a Pennsylvania Congressman. Duncan also built the fabulous Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs. This gorgeous house has had many prominent owners including: Reverend D. Shuck, Sheriff J.P. Callicott (involved in the Henry Starr shoot-out on the square), the Castleberry sisters (teachers), and Sheridan and Cynthia Garrison (shipping tycoons). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as “The Duncan House” in October 2005.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.

Location. 36° 13.714′ N, 93° 6.858′ W. Marker is in Harrison, Arkansas, in Boone County. It is on West Central Avenue east of South Hickory Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 610 W Central Ave, Harrison AR 72601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Arkansas’ Ozark Plateau

and in Osage Territory.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the

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Upper South,

and in the Ozarks.

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,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Original Harrison High School (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Capitol Café & Oklahoma Tire (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Lyric (Plaza) Theatre (approx. 0.3 miles away); The People's National Bank (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Old Dime Store (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Montgomery Ward Building (approx. 0.3 miles away); Boone County War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Lyric Theater (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harrison.

Regarding 1893 Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast. Tidbits from the National Register nomination:
• Rev. D.D. Shuck owned the house in 1905-1906. He used it as the parsonage for the Christian Church of Harrison, writing his Sunday sermons

1893 Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast Second Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 22, 2023

2. 1893 Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast Second Marker

National Register of Historic Places marker.

in the upstairs turret room.
• Callicott, his wife Gertrude and their 11 children lived in the house from 1919 to 1939. J.P. was a city marshal who “spent many hours smoking his pipe in a rocking chair in the living room by the wood stove.”
• The Castleberry family owned the house from 1943, when Ada Ragland and her daughter Walsa Castleberry bought it, to 1986, when Walsa's son Pleasant B. Castleberry and his wife Bernice sold it.
• The Garrisons owned the house between 1986 and 1991. Sheridan was the founder of Freightways, which later became FedEx. Cynthia ran an interior design business in the house.

Also see . . . Duncan House (PDF). National Register nomination for the house, listed under the name of its builder and original owner. (National Archives) (Submitted on June 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 22, 2023

3. 1893 Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast Marker

1893 Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 22, 2023

4. 1893 Queen Anne House Bed & Breakfast

Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 771 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.