The Borden House

Archibald Borden's house passed through other hands. The National Register nomination records that W. W. Blanton reportedly bought the house and land in 1881, that the Hall family was living there by 1888, and that a private owner, Mrs. J. W. Grissom, held it in 1976, when the roof was failing, chimneys had fallen and foundations were rotting. It was listed on the National Register on March 17, 1977, and now stands in the battlefield park. Sources date the rebuilt house between 1868 and 1871, and Borden's daughter Caldonia Ann said it closely resembled the original.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park — 0.4 mi
  The December 7, 1862 battlefield where about 2,700 fell and Hindman withdrew in the night, with the Borden orchard, Hindman Hall's free museum, and walking and driving tours.
• Devil's Den State Park — 14 mi
  A Civilian Conservation Corps park begun in October 1933 in the Lee Creek valley, with log-and-stone cabins, a 1937 stone dam, about sixty crevice caves and a 15-mile trail.
• Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area — 29 mi
  Arkansas's largest state park, about 12,000 acres on Beaver Lake, with the Van Winkle mill site, a graveyard of enslaved people, 54 miles of trail and regulated hunting.

More markers nearby

• The Archibald Borden House — steps away
• Herron's Attack — steps away
• Generals Blunt and Herron — 0.3 mi
• Washington County Cane Hill College — 7.3 mi