McCollum-Chidester House

The Chidester house, also known as the McCollum-Chidester house, in Camden (Ouachita County) was saved to be renovated and opened to the public by the Ouachita County Historical Society. It was built in 1847 by Peter McCollum of North Carolina and was sold to John Chidester, a stagecoach business owner, in 1862.

Two story wood frame home with long porch rocking chairs chimney yard tree limbs foreground

Photo by Ernie Deane, courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

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