Henry Clay Mills House Explained

Henry Clay Mills House
Location:425 N. 15th St., Van Buren, Arkansas
Coordinates:35.4417°N -94.3425°W
Added:December 16, 1977
Delisted:January 26, 2018
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:77000250

The Henry Clay Mills House was 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.[1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It has apparently been demolished, and was delisted in 2018.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Savage. Beth . African American Historic Places. 110. John Wiley and Sons. 1994. 9780471143451.