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Miles House
Miles House, 422 N. Jackson

The South Arkansas Historical Foundation has owned the Miles House for about 5 years, and their offices are currently located here. The house appears for the first time on the 1912 Sanborn map because the 1901 and 1907 maps don’t show much above Peach St. The house is a good example of the Folk Victorian style with its asymmetrical plan featuring a hipped roof and front facing cross-gable, and its wrap around porch exhibits Colonial Revival characteristics as well. The house was owned by a Mr. O.A. Miles in the 1928-29 El Dorado City Directory.

John Newton House
John Newton House (NR-listed 1974),510 N. Jackson

John Newton was an early settler in Union Co. He first homesteaded 2,500 acres of land between El Dorado and Champagnolle, but Newton and his wife, Penelope, and their 5 children moved to El Dorado after purchasing 546 acres of the former Matthew Rainey land grant. They built their house in 1848-49 on the current site of the Murphy Oil Building. The Newton House was put up on logs and pulled by mules to its current location in 1910. The South Arkansas Historical Foundation has owned the Newton House since 1977.

Hill House
Hill House, 520 N. Jackson

The Hill House was moved here to the north of the Newton House in 1983 by Murphy Oil Corp. in order to provide a little more historic fabric around the Newton House. The Hill House was originally constructed as a rental property for John Hill. Good example of the Folk Victorian form with its hipped roof and front-facing cross gable, forming an L-shape.

Lee House
Lee House. 601 N. Jackson

The house was constructed sometime between 1912 and 1921, and it’s another good example of a Folk Victorian house with Colonial Revival details. The house was owned by J. Lindell Lee and his wife, Fannie, in 1928-29. Mr. Lee was an oil promoter.

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