Friday March 18th | Depart 10am
The Clayton House Museum and Lunch – Fort Smith
We begin our Historic Homes Travel Series in Fort Smith. Located in the Belle Grove Historic District, the regal Clayton House serves as a living history of Fort Smith’s elegant Victorian period during the city’s frontier beginnings on the border of Indian Territory. Step back to 1882, the year William Henry Harrison Clayton moved his family into the antebellum home he doubled in size and shaped into an Italianate-style masterpiece. Coal-burning fireplaces and period furnishings in each room place you in a time that featured no indoor plumbing or electricity – but was rich with austerity. Our guided tour provides a perspective of the mission to bring law and justice to the area from the chief prosecutor’s home for the famous court of Judge Isaac C. Parker. We will enjoy a private luncheon and a docent tour of this beautiful home. Cost is $30pp.
