Harmony near Clarksville in Johnson County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Harmony Presbyterian Church
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 22, 2023
1. Harmony Presbyterian Church 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 1917.
Location. 35° 33.037′ N, 93° 33.579′ W. Marker is near Clarksville, Arkansas, in Johnson County. It is in Harmony. It is on County Road 3271 0.1 miles north of State Highway 103, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 202 Co Rd 3271, Clarksville AR 72830, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas River Valley and in the Cherokee Heritage Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: B.D. Pennington House (approx. 7.3 miles away); Missouri-Pacific Depot - Clarksville (approx. 7½ miles away); Clarksville Confederate Monument (approx. 7½ miles away); Clarksville in the Civil War / Depredations (approx. 7.7 miles away); Johnson County First Anthracite Coal (approx. 7.7 miles away); Lone Pine School Bell (approx. 7.7 miles away); Dr. A.M. McKennon Home (approx. 7.9 miles away); Fremont Stokes House (approx. 8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clarksville.
Regarding Harmony Presbyterian Church. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
The local residents first requested permission to organize a church for their fledgling settlement in 1844; the initial membership numbered about 45 (by 1895 it had grown to 162). The congregation originally met in three log school houses until 1858, when Abraham Laster deeded the two acres on which this building currently sits for a church and school. A frame buildingwas succeeded by a building of box construction, and another church was constructed in 1873 that served the congregation until the completion of the present building in 1917.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 22, 20232. Harmony Presbyterian Church Marker
Though the construction of the existing building was supervised by the contractor Tip Chandler and his sons, Edward and Joe, local residents donated most of the labor. Constructed of locally quarried sandstone, the Harmony Presbyterian Church is significant not only by virtue of its status as the oldest and most intact structure of any kind in the historic community of Harmony, but also as an outstanding example in the county of a Gothic Revival design with traditional influences.
Also see . . .
1. Harmony Presbyterian Church (PDF). National Register nomination for the church, which was listed in 1994. (National Archives) (Submitted on June 7, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. History. The Harmony congregation was organized by the Reverend Jesse M. Blair, with Abraham Laster and Robert Hardgraves as Ruling Elders. (J.M. Laster, Harmony Presbyterian Church) (Submitted on June 7, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 22, 2023
3. Harmony Presbyterian Church
Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 329 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 7, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
