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.