This community name took in a swath of land north of the township line from about the location of present-day Agri Park, including Meadow Valley School, east to the Frisco Railway track, which included a siding also referred to as Barbara Switch near the intersection of Township Road and Gregg Avenue. The place name shows … More Barbara
Carnall Hall was built in 1906 as the first women’s residence hall at the University of Arkansas. … More Inn at Carnall Hall
A one-block street between Gregg Avenue and Arkansas Avenue west of railroad tracks became part of Lafayette Street after a concrete bridge was built over the railroad cut in the 1930s. Previous to the concrete bridge, a wooden footbridge across the chasm of the railway cut.
No longer existing in name, York Street ran about two blocks east-west from Leverett Avenue east to about Gregg Avenue on a line with Cleveland and Prospect Streets. The western part of it became Cleveland Street when the two were joined and the part east of Scull Creek became part of Prospect Street. It was … More York Street
Most of Wilson Hollow disappeared when the creek running through it was dammed to create Wilson Lake, a city park. A hiking trail encircles the north end of the lake and crosses an extant portion of the creek where the ephemeral feel is still that of a hollow.
The White Rock community was an unincorporated community in the area surrounding the intersection of Wedington Road and Double Springs Road. The White Rock Baptist Church may be the only remaining connection with the historical community name. There is no known association with the similarly named White Rock Mountain, southeast of Fayetteville in the Ozark … More White Rock Community
Westside Elementary School opened in 1921 on the north side of Stone Street. In 1951, it was converted to become the Fayetteville School District offices and still serves in that capacity. Students attending West Side were transferred to the then-new T.L. Bates Elementary nearby.
Originally called Wedington Road, this route is a four- and five-lane primary artery that runs west from Garland Avenue to the city limits before becoming two lanes. It is named for the Wedington community in western Washington County. The road continues west to Siloam Springs. The name is also seen as “Weddington” in some sources … More Wedington Drive
The Vale community grew near the Fayette Junction in south Fayetteville as a result of the growth of manufacturing businesses related to the timber industry. Vale Avenue marks the community’s location.
During a brief period in the 1920s, “uptown” was used — primarily by university students — to refer to the Fayetteville Square while “downtown” referred to Dickson Street. In 1972, the Fayetteville School District opened an alternative school near the southeast corner of West Avenue and Spring Street and named it Uptown School, suggesting that … More ‘Uptown’