| M.E. Davis House | |
| Location: | 200 N. Knox St., Dermott, Arkansas |
| Coordinates: | 33.5297°N -91.4408°W |
| Architecture: | Bungalow/craftsman |
| Added: | September 22, 2004 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 04001034 |
The M. E. Davis House is a historic house at 200 North Knox Street in Dermott, Arkansas. The two story wood-frame house was built in 1925, and is one of the largest houses in Dermott; it is still one of only a few two story houses there. The Craftsman style house was built for Matthew E. Davis, an African-American businessman. Davis was notable in the town for opening his home to impoverished African-Americans leaving the sugar cane plantations by train, and helping them find work in the local mills and acquire their own homes.[1]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
As a youth growing up in Dermott also living on Knox Street I use to mow this yard on the weekend for $5.00. A good friend would let me borrow their lawnmower and it took me all morning, but I got the job done. Five ($5), that was a lot of money for an eight or nine-year-old child in the mid 60's.