Piggott in Clay County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Pfeiffer-Janes House

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

1. Pfeiffer-Janes House Marker

Inscription. Built in 1910 by W.D. Templeton has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1982

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 36° 23.114′ N, 90° 12.012′ W. Marker is in Piggott, Arkansas, in Clay County. It is at the intersection of North 10th Avenue and West Cherry Street, on the left when traveling north on North 10th Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1021 W Cherry St, Piggott AR 72454, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Crowley’s Ridge

and in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hemingway Barn-Studio (within shouting distance of this marker); First Appointed Officals of Clayton County - Later Clay County, Ar. (approx. 0.4 miles away); Clay County Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Chalk Bluff in the Civil War (approx. 6.8 miles away); Chalk Bluff (approx. 6.8 miles away); a different marker also named Chalk Bluff in the Civil War (approx. 6.8 miles away); Chalk Bluff Crossing and Town

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(approx. 6.8 miles away); a different marker also named Chalk Bluff in the Civil War (approx. 6.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Piggott.

Regarding Pfeiffer-Janes House. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:

The Pfeiffer House and carriage house in Piggott represents a significant link between Arkansas and the famous American novelist and Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Ernest Hemingway. From 1927 to 1940 Hemingway was married to Pauline Pfeiffer of Piggott and frequently visited in this house, the home of Pauline's parents. On extended visits, the author used the remodeled carriage house as a writing studio and there in the winter of 1928 he wrote much of his acclaimed second novel, A Farewell to Arms. The period of significance extends from 1927 to 1940, the duration of Pauline and Ernest's marriage, because the financial support provided by Pauline and the wealthy Pfeiffer family, especially Pauline's Uncle Gus, was extremely important to Hemingway in this stage of his mature creative life. …

[A]ccording to his biographers, Hemingway became virtually free of money worries for the first time in his life. Uncle Gus couldn't have been more generous. He paid the rent for an apartment
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

2. Pfeiffer-Janes House Marker
It is now a house museum that has been restored to its 1930s appearance.
in Paris, supplied the purchase price for the couple's Key West house, financed elk hunting trips to Montana, set up trust funds for the two young sons (and Hemingway's son by his first wife as well) and most important, financed Hemingway's first African safari, out of which he gleaned material for his book The Green Hills of Africa.

Also see . . .
1. Pfeiffer House and Carriage House (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which was listed in 1982. (Prepared by Ethel Goodstein and Jean Sizemore of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program; via National Archives) (Submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center. Homepage for the facility, which includes the Pfieffer family home and the barn studio where Hemingway wrote. The site also focuses on the 1930s in the areas of literature, world events, agriculture, family lifestyles and relationships, and development of Northeast Arkansas during the Depression and New Deal eras. (Submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Additional keywords. Hemingway

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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 21, 2024

3. The Pfeiffer-Janes Carriage House

From the National Register nomination:

Virginia, Pauline's sister had remodeled the upper level of the carriage house into a studio and Ernest, finding it a quiet place conducive to creativity, often slept and wrote there during visits to Piggott. It was in the carriage house in the winter of 1928 that he wrote much of his acclaimed second novel A Farewell to Arms, which he later dedicated to Gus Pfeiffer.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 27, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.