Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bentonville, Arkansas
Bentonville is the county seat for Benton County
Bentonville is in Benton County
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Near 6800 Southwest Minuteman Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Headquarters & Headquarters Battery
1st Battalion
142nd Field Artillery
November 21, 1990 - September 17, 1991
In honor of those who served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm — — Map (db m242844) WM
On A Street at NE Second Street, on the right when traveling north on A Street.
The first court house in Benton County, built of hewed logs was erected on this site (at Bentonville) in 1837, the year after the county was created. It was named for Thomas H Benton. — — Map (db m19880) HM
On Central Avenue (State Highway 72) near Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Benton County Hardware, circa 1893, W.J. Doke proprietor. First Motor Co. and first gas station in alley beside store. Recently housed Bentonville Furniture. — — Map (db m54310) HM
To insure protection during its lifetime, owner Bill Bradford on April 11, 1975, legally willed to itself this tree and all land within a radius of 10 feet from its trunk and donated its use to the city of Bentonville as a mini-park in celebration . . . — — Map (db m50368) HM
On Arkansas Route 72 at Sugar Creek Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 72.
Named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy, it covered land on Little Sugar and Brush Creeks extending eastward three miles from their confluence at this point.
Brig. Gen. Nicholas Bart Pearce established it in July, 1861 . . . — — Map (db m225100) HM
Near South Walton Boulevard (Business U.S. 71) 0.1 miles north of Southwest I Street, on the left when traveling north.
Col. Samuel W. Peel House
Built 1876
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m167937) HM
On West Central Avenue at North Main Street, on the left when traveling east on West Central Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
All 4 sides
Confederate
Side 1
To the Southern Soldiers
Side 2
Their names are borne on honor's shield.
Their record is with God.
Side 3
They fought for home and fatherland.
Side . . . — — Map (db m21242) HM
The word "Usonian" was derived from an abbreviation of "United States of North America." Frank Lloyd Wright embraced this term as the name for a distinct American and democratic style of residential architecture he developed during the Great . . . — — Map (db m108874) HM
On SW A Street at West Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north on SW A Street.
On the morning of March 6, 1862, Gen. Franz Sigel was eating his breakfast at the Eagle Hotel which stood on this site. He had remained here with 600 men and a battery of six pieces after the main column of his army had passed through Bentonville on . . . — — Map (db m22447) HM
"Everything that's ever going to be of use to you—in architecture or in life or anywhere you go or whatever you do—is going to be nature."
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) lived during a period of rapid . . . — — Map (db m108873) HM
In 1953 Gloria and Abraham Wilson wrote to Frank Lloyd Wright to commission a home.
Gloria's brother, Marvin Bachman, had been one of Wright's apprentices, and the couple hoped that using both their last names might help them secure the . . . — — Map (db m108879) HM
On West Central Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Peoples Bank circa 1887. Robbed in 1893 by Henry Starr and his gang. Bullet holes can be seen in the building across the street — — Map (db m236882) HM
On Ivy Circle at McCollum Drive, on the left when traveling west on Ivy Circle.
In 1913, W.T. and Lennie Barnett Ivy moved to what is now the corner of Ivy Place and McCollum Drive. The original home, circa 1900, was destroyed by fire in 1925. The Ivy's rebuilt the existing Prairie-style Craftsman farm house in 1926, . . . — — Map (db m224952) HM
On North Main Street at East Central Avenue (State Highway 72), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
The Osage Nation first used the area now known as Bentonville for their hunting grounds. The Osage would leave their settlements to hunt in present day Benton County for months at a time before returning to their families. Settlers first . . . — — Map (db m237837) HM
On Southeast 5th Street west of Southeast J Street, on the right when traveling west.
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Colonel Young House
1873 — — Map (db m224903) HM
"As legend has it"
They have a connection to Bentonville. Notice how well dressed they are. They should be after robbing the Craig & Son's General Store right in this neighborhood. Disappointed to only get $200, they helped themselves to fine . . . — — Map (db m236897) HM
Near South Main Street north of Southeast 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south.
In 1936. Thaden won the Bendix Trophy Race in the first year women were allowed access to compete against men. She set a new world record of 14 hours, 55 minutes from New York City to Los Angeles, California. In her astonishing victory, she flew . . . — — Map (db m236883) HM
On Southeast 2nd Street at Southeast B Street, on the right when traveling east on Southeast 2nd Street.
Built in 1890 by Capt. NH Henry
Captain Henry served in the Civil War as a member of General Stonewall Jackson's artillery. After the war Henry moved to Bentonville where he helped build Bentonville's first steam railway and served as a . . . — — Map (db m225133) HM
