HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC1995-007 Curran Hall Lists of Names and TitlesCURRAN HALL
(WALTERS-CURRAN-BELL HOUSE)
1842
Listed in National Register of Historic Places
Located in MacArthur Park Historic District
Quapaw Quarter Historic Plaque Structure
I
Built by Col. Ebenezer Walters as a wedding gift for his bride,
Mary Eliza Starbuck, daughter of Alexander and Olive Starbuck
from Nantucket, niece of Mrs. Chester Ashley.
II
Later owned by James Moore Curran and wife,
Sophia Fulton Curran, daughter of William Savin Fulton,
last Territorial Governor and first United States Senator,
and their children, James, Mary and Alice.
Later home of George Claibourne Watkins (Mrs. Curran's second husband),
Attorney General and Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court,
and children.
(Mrs. Frederick Trapnall lived with them the last years of her life.)
III
Later occupied, then owned by, Jacob Herrmann Frolich,
nephew and namesake of Col. Jacob Herrmann,
Napoleon Bonaparte's 'Boy Colonel,' 32nd degree Mason,
and his wife Mary.
granddaughter of Revolutionary Judge Lamb of Carolina,
who rebelled against the British.
IV
Bought 1884 by Mary Eliza Woodruff Bell,
widow of Col. Slack Bell, C.S.A. Bell's Cavalry.
Restored as a home for herself and four daughters,
Rolfe, Eva, Hetty & Fanny Bell, teachers.
Bequeathed to her granddaughter,
Averell Reynolds Tate, and children Joan and Fred.
(Restoration begun by Averell and husband Fred L. Tate.
Listed on National Register before Historic District formed.
Mrs. Tate has complete history of property.)
CURRAN HALL (1842)
(WALTERS-CURRAN-BELL HOUSE)
Listed in National Register of Historic Places
Located in MacArthur Park Historic District
Quapaw Quarter Historic Plaque Structure
Built by Col. Ebenezer Walters as a wedding gift for his bride,
Mary Eliza Starbuck, daughter of Alexander and Olive Starbuck
from Nantucket, niece of Mrs. Chester Ashley.
iI
Later owned by James Moore Curran and wife,
Sophia Fulton Curran, daughter of William Savin Fulton,
last Territorial Governor and first United States Senator,
and their children, James, Mary and Alice.
Later home of George Claibourne Watkins (Mrs. Curran's second husband),
Attorney General and Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court,
and children.
(Mrs. Frederick Trapnall lived with them the last years of her life.)
III
Later occupied, then owned by, Jacob Herrmann Frolich,
nephew and namesake of Col. Jacob Herrmann,
Napoleon Bonaparte's 'Boy Colonel,' 32nd degree Mason,
and his wife Mary,,
granddaughter of Revolutionary Judge Lamb of Carolina,
who rebelled against the British.
IV
Bought 1884 by Mary Eliza Woodruff Bell,
widow of Col. Slade Bell, C.S.A. Bell's Cavalry.
Restored as a home for herself and four daughters,
Rolfe, Eva, Hatty and Fanny Bell, teachers.
Bequeathed to her granddaughter,
Averell Reynolds Tate, and children Joan and Fred.
(Restoration begun by Averell and husband Fred L. Tate.
Listed on National Register before Historic District formed.
Mrs. Tate has complete history of property.)