Clarksville in Johnson County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Dr. A.M. McKennon Home

Erected 1907

— Charles L. Thompson, architect —

Dr. A.M. McKennon Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

1. Dr. A.M. McKennon Home Marker

Inscription. Restorations by Dave & Geneva Devazier 1996

[Second plaque]
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
115 Grandview Avenue

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.

Location. 35° 28.207′ N, 93° 27.653′ W. Marker is in Clarksville, Arkansas, in Johnson County. It is at the intersection of South Grandview Avenue and East Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Grandview Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 115 S Grandview Ave, 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

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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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lone Pine School Bell (approx. ¼ mile away); Johnson County First Anthracite Coal (approx. ¼ mile away); Clarksville in the Civil War / Depredations (approx. ¼ mile away); Fremont Stokes House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Missouri-Pacific Depot - Clarksville (approx. half a mile away); B.D. Pennington House (approx. half a mile away); Clarksville Confederate Monument (approx. 0.9 miles away); Harmony Presbyterian Church (approx. 7.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clarksville.

Regarding Dr. A.M. McKennon Home. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

The house was built for Dr. A. M. McKennon in Clarksville, Arkansas and designed by Charles L. Thompson in 1907. A more decorative version than many of the American Foursquare type houses designed by Thompson, the McKennon House is distinguished by the unusual second-story oval window on the
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

2. Dr. A.M. McKennon Home – National Register Plaque
front, the pedimented portico projecting from the wraparound porch and the Palladian window in the dormer. Both the McKennon House and the Davis House (JO-061) in Clarksville feature variations in decorative detailing which set them apart from other Thompson Foursquare designs. Both houses were designed near the turn-of-the-century and are distinctive buildings in the city of Clarksville.

Also see . . . McKennon House (PDF). National Register nomination for the house, which was listed as part of a group in 1982. (via Arkansas Heritage) (Submitted on August 26, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 22, 2025

3. Dr. A.M. McKennon Home Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 120 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 25, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.