
Site of Civil War Arsenal
Posted by:
YoSam.
N 36° 03.983 W 094° 09.479
15S E 395719 N 3991931
Quick Description: 1st Baptist Church turned arsenal.
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 4/14/2008 9:23:47 AM
Waymark Code: WM3K4R
Views: 36
Long Description:Marker Erected by: First Baptist Church Historical Committee.
Date Marker Erected: 2000.
County of Marker: Washington County.
Location of Marker: College Ave. & Dickson St., Fayetteville.
Marker Text:
SITE OF CIVIL WAR ARSENAL
T.B. Van Horne, first pastor of First Baptist Church, founded Fayetteville Female Institute on this site in 1858. Later rechartered in 1861 as Northwest Arkansas Baptist Female Institute, it housed a Federal Arsenal which was destroyed by military action in 1862.