Built in 1911 at the center of the Fayetteville square, the U.S. Post Office was among the most used public buildings in Fayetteville for most of the 20th century. Prior to its construction, the county’s courthouse stood at the center of the square. After a new post office was built on Dickson Street in the … More U.S. Post Office
Students at the University of Arkansas began referring to the commercial district of the West 400 block of Dickson Street as “Shulertown” in the early 1900s, in honor of alumnus Thomas Fred Shuler, who worked at the Frisco Drug store after graduation. In 1920, the newspaper described Shulertown as being “composed of some fifty business … More ‘Shulertown’
The Quarles House, a boarding house, was operated at the northwest corner of East Avenue and Meadow Street. Initially referred to as the “Quarles Hotel,” the house began providing boarding options with provisions for stabling horses on site. An early advertisement in the Fayetteville Weekly Democrat, said: This house is pleasantly located, being convenient to … More Quarles House
The Parksdale Addition is mapped in the 1908 plat of the city, and it includes a “Park Reserve” that spans parts of both Town Branch and Cato Springs Creek. The park is now called Greathouse Park. Streets within the addition include Boone, Pettigrew, Price, Stirman and Walker as well as a southern segment of Duncan … More Parksdale Addition
“Big Town” was a slang name used by students at the Arkansas Industrial University during the latter 19th century to refer to the downtown Fayetteville Square. During the early part of the 20th century, some students tired of calling it Big Town, inverted the letters and referred to it as “Gib Town.”
We have created a PDF of the 1904 City Directory of Fayetteville for anyone doing research during that time period. One caveat: the file size of the 286-page book is more than 15M in size.
John Clinton Futrall (1873-1939) was born in Tennessee and his family moved to Marianna, Ark., when he was 10 years old. He came to Fayetteville to study at the University of Arkansas, then transferred to the University of Virginia and later studied at the universities in Bonne and Halle, Germany. He returned to Fayetteville to … More John Clinton Futrall and Anne Gaines Duke Futrall
The staff of the Fayetteville City Government Channel, led by manager Fritz Gisler, produced short videos about the history of Fayetteville, called Fayetteville History Minute, which aired on the government channel. This week’s history minute is about the A.F. Wolf Building, built in 1906 and now home to the Fayetteville city government’s administrative offices.
The first decade of the 20th century saw the opening of a rail line into Oklahoma, erection of a new county courthouse, the opening of the Fayetteville Business College and building of Fayetteville High School. … More Timeline – 1900s