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Photograph of Pfeiffer House and Carriage House
Photograph by Dennis Adams, National Scenic Byways Online, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Pfeiffer House and Carriage House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Hemingway-Pfeiffer House, also known as the Pfeiffer House and Carriage House, is a historic house museum at 10th and Cherry Streets in Piggott, Arkansas. It is where novelist Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms.”

Wikipedia article Pfeiffer House and Carriage House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Clay County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 10th and Cherry Sts., Piggott, 72454
  • When was it listed? June 1982
  • Category. building
  • Township. North St. Francis township
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82002097 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pfeiffer House and Carriage House in 1999, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1999Smoking4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Pfeiffer House and Carriage House: 16 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Delta Asphalt of Ark.Inc,Pit No 2ClayProducer
C Roberts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clay County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cochise RowSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Piggott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this property

54 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piggott, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 26 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2006Thunderstorm WindPiggott$125,000Several businesses were damaged. The roof of a gas company building was blown off. Several trees fell on some houses. Several homes also had shingles blown off. An airplane was damaged at the Campbell Airport. Several telephone polls were knocked down.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPiggott$100,000Survey teams found substantial wind damage to trees and a few structures in the community of Piggott. Tree damage was relatively widespread, with numerous uprooted and downed trees. Minor structural damage and a few downed utility lines were also noted. The damage swath was approximately one mile wide, mainly affecting the northern side of town, with trees and debris blown to the southeast, consistent with an intense rear flank downdraft. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at around 80 mph.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindPiggott$25,000A tree was blown down on top of a house. A few power lines were blown down.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPiggott$20,000Front of wooded retail building/overhang collapsed.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPiggott$20,000Winds were estimated at 70 mph in Piggott. A 31 ft. travel trailer was destroyed by the wind.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPiggott$15,000Several trees were knocked down across Piggott.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindPiggott$15,000A camper and a storage building were destroyed near Piggott.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPiggott$10,000Numerous trees down across Piggott.
May 2006Flash FloodPiggott$10,000Flash flooding caused water to flood several roads and water was high enough to approach the doors of automobiles.
July 1996LightningPiggott$10,000no account filed
September 2006HailPiggott$8,000Golfball size hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 90 and Highway 135.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindPiggott$6,000Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Piggott.
May 2006HailPiggott$6,000no account filed
February 2018Thunderstorm WindPiggott$5,000Lots of shingles removed from house.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPiggott$5,000Several trees were blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPiggott$5,000Several power lines were blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPiggott$5,000Some power lines were blown down.
May 2004HailPiggott$5,000Several cars were damaged.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindPiggott$5,000Several trees and numerous large tree branches were blown down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPiggott$4,000A couple of trees down in the city limits of Piggott.
May 2006HailPiggott$2,500no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPiggott$2,000A large tree was knocked down near Terminal Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPiggott$2,000A large tree was knocked down in Piggott.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPiggott$2,000A few power lines were knocked down.
April 2008HailPiggott$1,500no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPiggott$1,000The back door off a house was blown off.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPiggott$1,000A couple of trees were knocked down.
June 2003Flash FloodPiggott$1,000Some streets were flooded.
May 2002Flash FloodPiggott$1,000Numerous roads were flooded.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindPiggott$1,000A couple of trees were knocked down.
April 2008HailPiggott$1,000no account filed
October 2007HailPiggott$1,000no account filed
December 2002FloodPiggott$500Some minor street flooding occurred in Piggott.
August 2003HailPiggott$100no account filed
July 2005HailPiggott$10no account filed
April 1996HailPiggott$10no account filed
April 2026HailPiggott-Report of quarter sized hail in southwest Piggott.
March 2025HailPiggott-Golf ball sized hail north of Piggott, AR.
April 2025Flash FloodPiggott-Portions of AR HWY 49 were closed due to high water.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPiggott-Trees down in Piggott.
January 2023Heavy RainPiggott-CoCoRaHS observer reported 5.50 inches of rain from 5 pm to 10 pm in Piggott.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPiggott-Numerous trees were knocked down across Piggott.
July 2015HailPiggott-Nickel size hail was reported in Piggott.
June 2013Flash FloodPiggott-Heavy rain produced a drainage canal to rise and begin flooding the area near Margaret Street in Piggott. Water nearly flooded a few homes. Margaret Street was closed as a result.
May 2012HailPiggott-Hail up to the size of ping pong balls fell in Piggott.
July 2011Heavy RainPiggott-Heavy rain produced extensive damage in Piggott. Multiple homes and one business sustained roof damage.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPiggott-Straight line winds knocked down numerous power lines and trees in Piggott.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPiggott-Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines in Piggot.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindPiggott-Straight line winds caused damage in downtown Piggott. Most of the damage occurred along South Front Street where a portion of the roof of the former Mohawk Pizza building was lifted from the structure and propelled across the tops of several nearby businesses. The mass of tin roofing and rafters was blown loose and across the top of the former cable office at the corner of South Front and West Court. The section then blew across the street and destroyed a power pole. The roof section then blew up and over the buildings in the next block north. Damage was sustained to the roofs of the BRAD Food Pantry, Front Street Pizza, Edmunds Heating and Cooling and Apex Glass. The twisted mass of roofing materials then came to rest at the corner of South Front and West Main streets. A storage barn was also destroyed at the rear of the city-owned building that formerly housed Print City. The roof of the local Subway was also heavily damaged. There was also damage to the roof of an unoccupied house on South Garfield. Around Piggott several privacy fences were blown down while siding and minor roof damage was common.
June 2008Flash FloodPiggott-Heavy rain flooded side streets in Piggott.
April 2026HailPiggott-no account filed
May 2021HailPiggott-no account filed
May 2020HailPiggott-no account filed
April 2009HailPiggott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Piggott Post Office0.4 miles1998
Clay County Courthouse, Eastern District0.5 miles2018
Piggott Commercial Historic District0.5 miles2009
County Home Cemetery0.6 miles2005
Esso Station0.9 miles2000
Piggott National Guard Armory1.0 miles2006

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002097 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clay CountyAll 19 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.