Berryville and Eureka Springs are both the county seat for Carroll County
Eureka Springs is in Carroll County
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On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Spring Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Professor KALKLOSCH’s Guidebook, published in 1880, states: “The first street of the town was surveyed down the gulch below the spring. A broad avenue connects this street with the famous EUREKA BASIN SPRING. It being the first street it . . . — — Map (db m79755) HM
On State Highway 187 at Mockingbird Lane, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 187. Reported missing.
The 1st Arkansas Cavalry (U.S.), comprised mainly of Unionist refugees, mustered into service in July 1862. The regiment fought at Prairie Grove in 1862 and Fayetteville in 1863, but its main duty was fighting the bushwhackers and irregular . . . — — Map (db m225158) HM
On Spring Street west of Hillside Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The buildings, the bluffs, the spring and The Boulevard all make this a special place in Eureka Springs which has kept a peaceful beauty of earlier times.
The front of the McLaughlin Block has changed little since it was built in 1900 to . . . — — Map (db m80138) HM
On Prospect Avenue at Linwood Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Prospect Avenue.
Resort home built 1899 by William Henry Reid of Chicago. Architect Theodore C. Link of St. Louis. Design reflects simplicity favored at end of Victorian era. Upper floors are wood with verandas on four sides. Lower floor is Beaver Limestone. In . . . — — Map (db m80118) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) north of Armstrong, on the right when traveling north.
Bank of Eureka Springs was established in May, 1912, in the Klock and Clark Building at 75 Spring Street. In 1946 it was relocated to 40 Spring Street.
In 1966, the bank purchased the McGinnis property at 70 South Main Street. The old livery . . . — — Map (db m90573) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) south of Benton Street, on the left when traveling north.
Ellis Murphy established Murphy's Firestone Tire Service at this site about 1923. Called "Murphy the Tire Man", his services were frequently required to patch inner tubes and repair tires for hundred[s] of automobiles bringing tourists to Eureka . . . — — Map (db m90706) HM
On Golden Gate (Arkansas Route 187) at Parkway Street South, on the right when traveling south on Golden Gate.
This stone "Beaver Spring" house
was built circa 1912. It replaced
a log house built over the spring
purportedly by Wilson A. Beaver.
Beaver purchased the land in
1857 from John Williams who
homesteaded the land in 1852.
The Indians & . . . — — Map (db m225151) HM
On Spring Street north of Crescent Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Bridgeford House
1884 — — Map (db m225190) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Armstrong, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Calif Spring was originally called Table Rock Spring, named for the rock formation above the spring area. This area was set aside as a spring reservation in 1886 by City Ordinance. S. L. Calif established a residence and general store next to the . . . — — Map (db m90703) HM
On Spring Street west of Hillside Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This is one of only four free public libraries in Arkansas funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was built of native limestone and completed in 1912 on this site which was donated by Eureka Springs resident Richard C. Kerens. The architect . . . — — Map (db m80137) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Spring Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Richard H. James and Charles S. Beck built the three story brick and limestone Beck and James Building in the year 1888 to house a clothing and apparel store.
F. H. and Avarilla James and their family resided in the upper rooms and C. S. Beck . . . — — Map (db m79738) HM
On Spring Street, 0.2 miles north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
Ornate brick and limestone structure built after Great Fire of 1888 for Citizen's Bank established 1887 by J.T. Waddell. The bank failed in 1907. First National Bank occupied building until 1931 when it failed due to Great Depression. Bank of Eureka . . . — — Map (db m79736) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) south of Spring Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Eureka Springs area's reputation as a health resort has its origins in the Civil War. Late 19th-century accounts claim Dr. Alvah Jackson treated sick and wounded soldiers during the war. In early 1865, Maj. J. W. Cooper, who led Confederate . . . — — Map (db m59967) HM
On Spring Street north of Hillside Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Crescent Cottage
on the National Register of Historic Places
Built in 1881
Home of Powell Clayton,
the first governor of Arkansas
after the state was readmitted
to the Union following
the War Between the States
Owners
Ray & . . . — — Map (db m80139) HM
On Spring Street at Hillside Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Spring Street.
Crescent Spring was revered for its healing waters almost as much as the basin, the legendary Indian Healing Spring. Situated beside the Wagon Road on a hillside with a rocky outcropping described as "crescent" shaped, the spring was soon given . . . — — Map (db m80135) HM
On Spring Street, on the right when traveling south.
Eastview is situated adjacent to Harding Spring on a lot originally registered by Absalom M. Thomas after the town site survey of 1879. John E. and Bell Perrin purchased the lot and residence in October, 1881, then sold to David R. and Harriett . . . — — Map (db m80140) HM
On Spring Street south of Pine Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1883 by Ellar Elwood.
After townsite established by
federal court decree, deed received
June 15, 1885, by T. Elwood Clark.
The three-story wood trimmed
brick structure, shown on 1886 map
as a boarding house and residence,
escaped the . . . — — Map (db m225182) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Armstrong, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
This three-story limestone building with metal-clad roof enclosing the top story was constructed in 1889 by Samuel L. Calif. For fifty years it served as a residence, general merchandise store, and boarding house. About 1948 the building was . . . — — Map (db m90699) HM
On North Main Street (Arkansas Route 23) at Mill Hollow Road, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
North Main Street was a busy area dedicated to the basic necessities of life in early Eureka Springs: mills, wagon yards, feed stores, blacksmiths, stables, small groceries, rags and old iron with the occasional manufacturer of soap, brooms, yeast, . . . — — Map (db m225177) HM
On Spring Street at Pine Street, on the right when traveling north on Spring Street.
The neighborhood above the current First Baptist Church burned in the Great Fire of 1883, the first of four Great Fires which destroyed most of the town's early wooden structures. New commercial buildings were built of more fire-resistant . . . — — Map (db m131739) HM
On Spring Street, 0.2 miles east of Polk Street, on the right when traveling east.
The words "esto perpetua" emblazoned upon a stone above the entrance to Grotto Spring declare the prevailing belief that these healing waters would flow forth forever. Early townspeople discovered the spring under an overhanging rock ledge, a . . . — — Map (db m80121) HM
On Spring Street at Howell Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Spring Street.
Named for J. Emmett Harding, a photographer who began the tradition of making photographs of people in front of the spring as souvenirs. He built a small dwelling near the spring in the summer of 1879.
In 1879, the spring was accessed by a . . . — — Map (db m80151) HM
On Spring Street at Mountain Street / Owen Street, on the left when traveling north on Spring Street.
Kentucky House Hotel established on this site 1880, Mrs. E.D. Andrews, proprietor. Building survived Great Fire 1888, disappeared by 1900. Street work 1915 created stone wall. Sharp’s Continental Oil Company gas station constructed 1928. Epley and . . . — — Map (db m79756) HM
On Flint Street at Steele Street, on the left when traveling south on Flint Street.
The site of this spring was outside the area included in the 1879 survey. Known as East Mountain, this area was crowded with wood structures by 1885. The spring, which flowed from a small cave lined with projections of onyx stone, was already . . . — — Map (db m80152) HM
On Spring Street, 0.1 miles north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
Festus Orestes Butt was born in 1875 in Illinois just before his family moved to Carroll County, Arkansas. He became a licensed attorney before he was of legal age. The Arkansas General Assembly set aside his "disability of minority", and he set up . . . — — Map (db m79735) HM
On Magnetic Drive, 0.2 miles east of North Main Street (Arkansas Route 23), on the left when traveling east.
Any metal object placed in the spring
water was widely claimed to become
magnetized. It was also claimed that
exclusive use of the water from
Magnetic Spring would cure physical
debility and aid in overcoming drug
addiction. Drug addiction . . . — — Map (db m225223) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Flint Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
"It being the first street in town... it was named Main Street. But owing to its low elevation and the law of gravitation, the water would find a level in the street, and as the immense travel created an abundance of mud, the street was nicknamed . . . — — Map (db m80153) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Grand Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Built in Berlin, Germany 1934, 600 millimeter gauge (24 inch) (same engines are used at Silver Dollar City). Engine was found near Orlando, Fla. in 1989. Was bought by gentleman from Switzerland and hauled to Eureka Springs same year. Plans are to . . . — — Map (db m80172) HM
On Spring Street east of Pine Street, on the left when traveling east.
This spring derived its name from early townspeople who declared the water to have a pleasant, sweet taste. The spring was originally located in the deep ravine below the present site. A long wooden stairway led from the spring to the narrow . . . — — Map (db m80115) HM
On Spring Street at Pine Street, on the left when traveling east on Spring Street.
Sweet Spring Hotel
The Sweet Spring Hotel was established about 1887 at the corner of Pine Street and Spring, then known as Rice Street, with A.S. Capps as proprietor. The spacious three-story frame structure was painted white with dark . . . — — Map (db m80112) HM
On Main Street at Spring Street (State Highway 23), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Basin Bath House was established 1879 adjacent to Basin Spring by Dr. Alvah Jackson's son, Thomas. John S. Tibbs succeeded Jackson about 1880, operated bath house and Eureka Water Shipping Company. Building was destroyed by Great Fire of 1888, . . . — — Map (db m59969) HM
On Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
I stood here growing so many years,
I shared your laughter, I shared your tears.
My life was good, beginning to end,
and this is a wish I'd like to send.
Be happy and kind to all around,
and let not sorrow be ever found.
The spirit of . . . — — Map (db m59971) HM
• Between 1945-1961 2.7 million escaped East Germany
• In 1960, 200,000 East Germans escaped to Freedom
• Order given to build Wall - Sunday, Aug. 13, 1961
Construction began Aug. 16, 1961; completed 2 mos. later
• Initially 6 ft. . . . — — Map (db m80171) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) north of Benton Street, on the left when traveling south.
These two large limestone public buildings anchor this part of downtown Eureka Springs. They span the deep ravine cut by Leatherwood Creek which flows in a tunnel beneath all the buildings on this entire part of Main Street.
[Photo 1.]
This . . . — — Map (db m59964) HM
On Prospect Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Crescent Drive, on the right when traveling north.
May 20, 1886...
America's newest and most luxurious hotel built at a cost of $294,000.
It was two years ago that Powell Clayton and his associates chose the site of the new Crescent Hotel... twenty seven acres at the north end of West . . . — — Map (db m80116) HM
Near East Van Buren (U.S. 62) near County Road 205, on the left when traveling east.
Pioneer burial ground on land homesteaded 1880 by James and Rachael McAtee Lamar. Recorded burials begin 1880 after founding of Eureka Springs. May 29, 1889, the 46-acre site deeded to Lodge No. 83 Independent Order of Odd Fellows which maintained . . . — — Map (db m225226) HM
On Spring Street at Howell Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Spring Street.
On this part of Spring Street you can easily see how Eureka Springs follows the natural lines of the landscape. Houses are built right into the bluff on the west side and buildings climb down the steep hillside on the other side. “The houses rise . . . — — Map (db m225187) HM
On Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
1884 - Cutter's Guide
The Eureka Springs of Arkansas
The hotels and boarding houses of Eureka Springs are numerous. The Perry House is the only real first-class hotel in the city; and we say this with no disparagement of the . . . — — Map (db m79733) HM
Near East Van Buren (U.S. 62) just west of County Road 205, on the right when traveling west.
When Judas, betrayer of Jesus, repented and returned the thirty pieces of silver, the chief priests refused them, then “took counsel and bought with them the Potter’s Field to bury strangers in”. Matthew 27:3-10 KJB thus began the tradition. Names . . . — — Map (db m229498) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Grand Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The Eureka Springs Railroad opened in February, 1883. As the first trains arrived at the original station house, a finely crafted wooden structure, passengers were met by horse drawn carriages and hacks which quickly carried them to the best . . . — — Map (db m80173) HM
On Hillside Avenue south of North Main Street (Arkansas Route 23), on the left when traveling south.
The Round House stands on land first claimed by timber entrepreneur William Evans. By 1884, this land was subdivided into building lots as the new city of Eureka Springs boomed. William and Mahala Evans and their partners David and Precious Bays . . . — — Map (db m225161) HM
On Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
The Southern was built in the year 1880 adjacent to Basin Spring and some 25 feet above it on the hillside. L.M. Rainey of Missouri, its original owner, sold the hotel to W. E. Beatty in 1886, at which time it was acclaimed to be one of the city's . . . — — Map (db m59970) HM
On Spring Street, on the left when traveling north.
"It is sometimes called The Basin Springs, and is invariably the first resort for visitors. If there is any one in the city you desire to find, if no other way, go to the Basin Springs, seat yourself comfortable, and await his coming."
Prof. . . . — — Map (db m63300) HM
On North Main Street (Arkansas Route 23) at Magnetic Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
“… After his cure was an established fact, the news soon spread, passing from tongue to tongue, and other afflicted mortals, hearing this good news in the wilderness, at once turned their eyes and footsteps in the direction of the . . . — — Map (db m225170) HM
On Spring Street, on the left when traveling north.
Eureka Springs claims an estimated fifty-six miles of stone walls. Skilled stonemasons constructed most of the walls between 1885 and 1910. The limestone used was sometimes quarried on site but the majority was transported to the town site by horse . . . — — Map (db m63299) HM
On Spring Street at Center Street, on the right when traveling north on Spring Street.
The original Flat-Iron Building was constructed within sight of Basin Springs in the year 1880. It housed the town's first banking establishment and was the first structure made of brick among hundreds of wood buildings. The unusual three-sided, . . . — — Map (db m63302) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) 0.1 miles north of Magnetic Drive, on the left when traveling north.
First by horseback, wagons or on foot, invalids from all over this region flocked to Eureka Springs in 1879 to seek cures from the miraculous healing springs. But soon there were easier ways to arrive - stagecoaches, then trains. This laid a base . . . — — Map (db m80211) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) north of Benton Street, on the left when traveling south.
Eureka Springs was incorporated on Valentine's Day in 1880. At that time, the only courthouse was in the county seat of Berryville, some 12 miles to the east. This was a great distance at the time, the roads were bad, and the King's River had to be . . . — — Map (db m59962) HM
