Boone-Murphy House – Pine Bluff, Arkansas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

“According to several sources the small Boone-Murphy house which was originally located at 702 West Second Avenue, Pine Bluff, was the second headquarters of the Union Army during its occupation of the-town from 1863 to 1865. The first headquarters of Colonel Powell Clayton’s troops was the Taylor-Portis home at 216 East Second Avenue. During the battle of Pine Bluff on October 25, 1863, Colonel R. C. Newton's Fifth Arkansas Cavalry took the headquarters and Newton took all of the papers found in Clayton's adjutant-general's office. After the battle the Union Army revamped the location of their forces and built breastworks to make defense of the town easier. This was probably when the headquarters was moved to Curran (Beech) Street and Lake (Second) Avenue.” [www.arkansaspreservation.com]

Street address: 714 West 4th Avenue Pine Bluff, AR USA 71601 County / Borough / Parish: Jefferson Year listed: 1979 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering (Politics/Government, Military, Architecture) Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874 Historic function: Defense, Domestic Current function: Social Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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