Conway in Faulkner County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Robins House
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 15, 2023
1. Robins House Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1922
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Communications. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.
Location. 35° 5.164′ N, 92° 26.491′ W. Marker is in Conway, Arkansas, in Faulkner County. It is at the intersection of Locust Avenue and Scott Street, on the right when traveling south on Locust Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 567 Locust Ave, Conway AR 72034, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Little Rock Metropolitan Area. 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, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Faulkner County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Conway Confederate Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Faulkner County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Simon Park (approx. Ό mile away); Faulkner County in the Civil War (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Hendrix Bell at Altus (approx. one mile away); Lines Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); 450th Commemoration De Soto Expedition (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Conway.
Regarding Robins House. Excerpts
this page online
Sometime in the 1890's, the John Robins family moved to this site and erected a residence. In 1916, the widowed Mrs. Robins had this house moved by three mule teams to Oliver Street, which was one street west of Locust. The comer lot was left vacant from 1916 until the current structure was constructed in 1922 by Frank Robins.
John Robins and his wife, Minnie, moved their family to Conway from Tennessee in 1880. John purchased a lumber company along with several sawmills. In 1894, he traded two of these sawmills for the established weekly newspaper, the Log Cabin. Upon Robins' death in June of 1894, his wife, Minnie Freeman Robins, continued to publish the paper for a few months before turning the operation over to 0. C. Ludwig. Three years later, Mrs. Robins resumed control of the Log Cabin.
[In 1901] J. W. Underhill's health failed, and Frank E. Robins, the twenty-two year old son of John and Minnie Robins, took over management of the newspaper. When Underhill died in 1906, Frank Robins became editor and purchased his step-father's interest in the paper.
The Robins House is locally significant for its association with the noted Conway newspaper publisher and civic leader, Frank E. Robins. Architecturally, the house is significant as a good example of the later phase of the ColonialRevival style in Arkansas which emphasized a more accurate (though far from exact) interpretation of actual colonial-era residences as opposed to the transitional Queen Anne-plan cottages that were popular around the turn of the century.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 15, 20232. Robins House Marker
Also see . . .
1. Frank E. Robins House (PDF). National Register nomination submitted for the property, which was listed in 1994. (Prepared by Patrick Zollner, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program; via National Archives) (Submitted on December 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. About The Log Cabin Democrat (Conway, Ark.) 1908-Current. Library of Congress website entry:
The Log Cabin (1879-8?) was created by Abel F. Livingston in 1879, and named after the Whig political party symbol. In the 1880s and 1890s, the newspaper changed ownership several times before John W. Underhill resumed full control of the paper in the late 1890s and changed its name to the Conway Log Cabin (189?-1901). (Submitted on December 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 223 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
