Henry Clay Mills House

Henry Clay Mills House
Location 425 N. 15th St., Van Buren, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°26′30″N 94°20′33″W / 35.44167°N 94.34250°W / 35.44167; -94.34250Coordinates: 35°26′30″N 94°20′33″W / 35.44167°N 94.34250°W / 35.44167; -94.34250
Area less than one acre
Built 1892 (1892)
NRHP Reference # 77000250[1]
Added to NRHP December 16, 1977

The Henry Clay Mills House is a historic house at 425 North 15th Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. This modest frame house was built in 1892 by Henry Clay Mills, an African-American former slave turned businessman. Mills was born into slavery in 1847, and after the American Civil War worked for many years as a laborer on a plantation near Mulberry. He eventually developed a moving and shipping business in Van Buren, typifying advancement of African-Americans of the period from agricultural to non-agricultural economic opportunities.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Savage, Beth (ed) (1994). African American Historic Places. John Wiley and Sons. p. 110. ISBN 9780471143451.


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