Drennen-Scott House Explained

Drennen-Scott House
Location:Drennen Reserve, N. 3rd St., Van Buren, Arkansas
Coordinates:35.4361°N -94.3547°W
Added:September 10, 1971
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:71000123

The Drennen-Scott House is a historic house museum on North 3rd Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. It is a single-story log structure, finished in clapboards, with a side-gable roof that has a slight bell-cast shape due to the projection of the roof over the front porch that extends across the width of its main block. The house was built in 1836 by John Drennen, one of Van Buren's first settlers. Drennen and his brother-in-law David Thompson were responsible for platting the town, and Drennen was politically active, serving in the territorial and state legislatures, and at the state constitutional convention. The house remained in the hands of Drennen descendants[1] until it was acquired by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, which operates it as a house museum.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Drennen-Scott House. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-03-28.