McCollum-Chidester House Museum

Arkansas

926 West Washington Street
Camden, AR 71701, USA

Website: www.arkansas.com/attractions/detail/mccollum-chidester-house/17434

This house, built in 1847, retains its original furnishings brought here by steamboat in 1863 by the Chidester family. Union Gen. Frederick Steele made this house his headquarters when he occupied the city of Camden in 1864, during the Battle of Poison Spring.

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