Designed by the noted Fayetteville architect John Williams, the Heffelfinger-Freund House was listed in Arkansas Register of Historic Places on April 3, 2019, for its importance as a good residential example of the Mid-Century Modern style of architecture.
In 1955, William Agnew Heffelfinger and Charlie Lee Bird Heffelfinger hired Williams, founder of the Department of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, to design the home. He used a slice of Mid-Century Modern design known as Contemporary style for Heffelfingers’ lot at 1408 E. Rockwood Trail in the Crestwood Addition.
The house had a significant expansion in 1978, which prevents the home from being considered yet for the National Register of Historic Places. The general age cut-off for a building to be considered for listing is 50 years old, but the expansion is too recent.