Amusements

• South Arkansas Log Cabins
  738 Fairview Road Southwest • Camden, AR 71701
  870-231-5242
  An 18-acre tract of a private farm has been set aside to recreate a working farm during the Depression and war years. View log cabins that were originally built in the mid-to-late 1800s.   map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Clifton Greening Streets Historic District
  This area is listed as a National Register Historic District and its homes along Greening, Clifton, and Dallas Streets and Cleveland Avenue reflect Camden's history with their architectural and residential heritage.

• Elliott-Meek House (circa 1857)
  761 Washington Street • Camden, AR 71701
  During the Civil War, this private home was occupied by Union General Frederick Salomon in 1864.  map

• Godwin-Powell-May-Dietrich Home (circa 1859)
  305 California Street • Camden, AR 71701
  This antebellum home has been completely restored to its former beauty. A private home, the Godwin-Powell-May-Dietrich Home was the headquarters of Union General Samuel A. Rice in 1864.  map

• Graham-Gaughan-Betts House (circa 1858)
  710 Washington Street Northwest • Camden, AR 71701
  Open by appointment for tours, this home was built for Major Joseph M. Graham and his wife Mary Washington, first cousin of George Washington. During the Union occupation of Camden, it was used as the headquarters for Union General Frederick Steele.  map

• Greening House (circa 1890)
  512 Greening • Camden, AR 71701
  Located in the Historic District
  The oldest surviving house in the neighborhood, this Queen Anne-style home is the namesake for Greening Street.   map

• John Hobson Parker House
  526 Clifton • Camden, AR 71701
  Located in the Historic District
  This home is a perfect example of the Queen Anne style with its ornamentation, rooflines, and bay windows.  map

• McCollum-Chidester House (circa 1847)
  926 Washington Street • Camden, AR 71701
  870-836-9243
  During the Civil War, this home served as headquarters for Union General Frederick Steel, at which time the Battle of Poison Springs took place. It is listed on the National Register of Historical Places and if filled with authentic period antiques. It is now the headquarters for the Ouachita County Historical Society.  map

• Missouri-Pacific Depot (circa 1913)
  314 South Adams Street • Camden, AR 71701
  The Depot, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, houses the offices of the Camden Area Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Camden as well as a small museum of railroad and Civil War memorabilia. Locally made Grapette and Camark Pottery is also available here.   map

• Ramsey-McClellan House (circa 1902)
  210 Cleveland Avenue • Camden, AR 71701
  Located in the Historic District
  Designed by Little Rock, Arkansas architect, Charles Thompson, the Ramsey-McClellan House is a mix of Neoclassical and Queen Anne styles.   map

• Ritchie-Crawford House (circa 1909)
  430 Clifton • Camden, AR 71701
  Located in the Historic District
  This Neoclassical style home features full height fluted columns capped with Ionic capitals which support the roof of a two-story porch. It was also the home of one of Arkansas' most talked about unsolved mysteries, the disappearance an attorney, Maud Crawford, in the late 1950s.  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Fort Southerland Park
  206 Van Buren Street • Camden, AR 71701
  870-836-6436
  Due to the threat of Federal invasion in Little Rock, Confederate troops built fortifications that were then used by Federal troops during the 1864 occupation of Camden.   map

• Oaklawn Cemetery
  Located between Adams and Young • Camden, AR 71701
  North of Pearl Street
  870-836-6426
  Final resting place of the builder of the McCollum-Chidester House, 231 Confederate soldiers, and many others.  map

• Poison Springs
  Highway 76 off Highway 24 • Camden, AR 71722
  Located 10 Miles West of Camden
  870-685-2748
  On April 18, 1864, during the Camden Expedition of the Red River campaign, Confederate troops routed a Union supply wagon train here, capturing 198 of their wagons.  map

Libraries & Research Centers

• Public Library of Camden & Ouachita County
  120 Harrison Avenue Southwest • Camden, AR 71701
  870-836-5083
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Museums & Galleries

• Camden Visitors Center and Museum (circa 1913)
  314 Adams Southwest • Camden, AR 71701
  870-836-6426
  Located in a restored train depot, shows exhibits concerning local history and the Civil War.  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Camden Driving/Garden Tours
  314 Adams Southwest • Camden, AR 71701
  870-836-6426
  Enjoy your driving tour on a route of beautiful homes and gardens.   map

• Daniel's Japanese Gardens
  2220 Maul Road • Camden, AR 71701
  870-836-9474
  What began as an act by family members has taken on a life of its own with continual progress to maintain and improve these gardens. They contain reflecting pools, an assortment of rocks which the Japanese take great pride in, and several types of bright plants and water fowl.  map