Singleton

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FF6666" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="008d2462dkdyiz.png"> <div> <IMG SRC="00bcdae0.png" border=0 width="205" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="historic_registry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic Registry"><B>Historic Registry</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guide_lines.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guide Lines"><B>Guide Lines</B></A></div> <div> <B>Singleton</B></div> <div> <A HREF="mill_hollow_road.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mill Hollow Road"><B>Mill Hollow Road</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="ridgeway.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ridgeway"><B>Ridgeway</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mansions_of_pass_christian.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sample Information"><B>Sample Information</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #FF6666;" BGCOLOR="#FF9999" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cottages of Eureka Springs</B></FONT>  <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cottages of Eureka Springs"><B>home</B></A></FONT></div> <div> back to <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cottages of Eureka Springs"><B>Cottages of Eureka Springs</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=400 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FF9999" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Singleton Street</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b412c60.jpg" border=0 width="274" height="198" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="11" VSPACE="11"><I>11 Singleton</I></div> <div>      1890's Queen Anne</div> <div>      Built by George and Fred Kennedy.  A wing was added circa 1904.</div> <bR> <div>      Barbara Gavron bought this home in 1983.  Of its condition, she said, “All the original trim from the local Perkin’s Mill was still in tact, but painted. Everything was a smokey medium green. The house still had the original window sash locks and exterior doorknobs which could be found in old Sear’s catalogues.  Both houses (9 and 11 Singleton, side by side and built by the same owners) were built with square nails and full 2x4s locally milled.”</div> <div>      In the Spring of 1984, while cleaning out the basement, Gavron found a handblown, turn-of-the-century, milkglass walking cane in perfect condition. </div> <div>      “Historically the first welcome booklets in Eureka told all newcomers arriving for the ‘cure’ to buy a drinking cup and a walking stick,” Gavron said, explaining that ailing visitors were instructed to walk all over the hilly town, from spring to spring drinking the water.</div> <div>      “There are archived photos showing cups hooked on men’s belts and both sexes using canes and walking sticks.”</div> <div>      Besides the cane, other items found included two small porcelain doll heads, cardboard Ripley Dairy milk stoppers, the heel of a small shoe, an amber medicine bottle still full of little round pills, photos of the house, and a series of love letters that appear to piece together a love triangle from the early 1950’s.</div> <div>     From a neighbor, Marie Dobbins, she learned of the house’s first owners (the Kennedy brothers) and was given some photos of them.  Intrigued by this information, Gavron searched for further records at the city museum and even made a trip to the cemetery to find the owners’ graves.  She discovered that the house was built about the same time as the “Old Red Brick Schoolhouse”, which was built in 1892 and located just out back before it burned.</div> <div>  <IMG SRC="0b8fa7c0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="124" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="11" VSPACE="11">    George Kennedy was born in Illinois, arriving in Eureka Springs as a barber, who also played in the town band, and was a member of the ‘Woodsmen of the World.’  HIs wife's name was Bertha.  George and Bertha, reportedly, opened the New Ozark Theatre downtown.</div> <div> Fred Kennedy was born in New York, and married two women, first Pearl, then Mary Riley. </div> <div>      Gavron learned from John Cross, Bank of Eureka Springs, that a Clifty resident's father was also a barber and more photos were discovered of George and the town band.  Two others in the photo were the lady’s father and grandfather, who were also barbers.</div> <div> Besides the Kennedys, another tenant was Margaret Crowley who stayed for over 20 years in the left side apartment.  Ownership of the cane remains a mystery.</div> <div>      Perhaps most interesting is a piece of furniture still in the house that was fashioned out of the cabinets from George’s barbershop.  Gavron said a guest made the connection one day by looking at a barbershop photo then at the kitchen hutch, saying, “Look, there’s your furniture.”  Gavron later found the original piece in an old Sears Roebuck catalogue which called it a ‘dressing case’.  It was priced at $8.40 when ordered with a marble top.</div> <div>      Gavron says she has enjoyed researching her house, but would still like to know more.  For now, she continues to share what she knows with visitors to her award-winning B&B.</div> <div>      Gavron’s house at 11 Singleton in Eureka Springs was featured in January 2007 on HGTV, on the popular television show <I>“If Walls Could Talk”.  </I>The show focuses on old houses with colorful histories to tell.</div> <bR> <div> Below:  #4 and #10 Singleton photos taken 2/9/2007</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0ba500c0.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0c09d0a0.jpg" border=0 width="413" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Below:  #7 and #9 Singleton photos taken 2/9/2007<IMG SRC="0c956110.jpg" border=0 width="342" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0c8700f0.jpg" border=0 width="368" height="271" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Below photos of #11 Singleton Front and Rear taken 2/9/2007</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0c574170.jpg" border=0 width="372" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0c773160.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="mill_hollow_road.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mill Hollow Road"><B>Next Page</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>