Fort Smith in Sebastian County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
The Phoenix Block
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 17, 2016
1. The Phoenix Block Marker
Inscription.
The Phoenix Block. . From 1836 to 1878, the log cabin of Jeremiah and Sophia Kannady stood on the present-day 500 block of Garrison Avenue. In that cabin Kannady's uncle John Rogers, founder of the city, died in 1860. In 1877, Kannady sold land around his cabin to make room for new commercial buildings. A wood-frame building at Garrison and North 5th was occupied by Berman's Dry Goods, when a two-story brick building for the confectioners Guler and Brunoldi and the general merchandise store of Haglin and Pape was completed next to it in Sept. 1877. More buildings would be built east to the alley. A unified brick complex nicknamed the Phoenix Block rose from the ashes and was completed by April 1884. The elegant cornices of galvanized iron were manufactured in Fort Smith by August Reichert.
From 1836 to 1878, the log cabin of Jeremiah and Sophia Kannady stood on the present-day 500 block of Garrison Avenue. In that cabin Kannady's uncle John Rogers, founder of the city, died in 1860. In 1877, Kannady sold land around his cabin to make room for new commercial buildings. A wood-frame building at Garrison and North 5th was occupied by Berman's Dry Goods, when a two-story brick building for the confectioners Guler & Brunoldi and the general merchandise store of Haglin & Pape was completed next to it in Sept. 1877. More buildings would be built east to the alley. A unified brick complex nicknamed the Phoenix Block rose from the ashes and was completed by April 1884. The elegant cornices of galvanized iron were manufactured in Fort Smith by August Reichert.
Location. 35° 23.244′ N, 94° 25.545′ W. Marker is in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in Sebastian County. It is on Garrison Avenue (U.S. 64) east of 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 512 Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith AR 72901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Arkansas River Valley, in the Cherokee Heritage Region, and in Osage Territory. 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.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 17, 2016
2. The Phoenix Block Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 17, 2016
3. The Phoenix Block
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 632 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on March 24, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
