The Clarke–Harrell–Burson House is a historic house at 603 Parkview in

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. It is a single-story wood-frame structure with Greek Revival styling, built about 1841, and is believed to have been the first non-log house built in the area known as Logtown that is now part of the city of Van Buren. The house is locally notable for several prominent residents: George Washington Clarke was the publisher of Arkansas's first newspaper west of

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, the ''Intelligencer'', which began publication in 1842 and was taken over by Clarke in 1844. The house's next owner, the Rev. Jonathan Harrell, was the first Methodist minister in the region, and a founding member of the Arkansas Methodist conference. Later in the 19th century it was owned by Dr. Edward Burson, a veteran of the

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and a prominent local dentist. The house was listed on the

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in 1991.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Greek Revival houses in Arkansas Houses in Crawford County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Arkansas Buildings and structures in Van Buren, Arkansas {{CrawfordCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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