Helena, Arkansas · Building type

Houses and mansions in Helena

This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Helena register is houses than any other kind of building, 15 listings of it in all.

12 stops, 1.8 miles end to end.

Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.

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12
Stops
1.8 mi
Total, straight line
0.5 mi
Longest leg
0
With a construction date

Map

Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed October 17, 2026.

Walking order

  1. 1Maj. James Alexander Tappan House727 Columbia St.Building · listed 1974start
  2. 2E. S. Ready House929 Beech St.Building · listed 19760.1 mi from stop 1
  3. 3Coolidge House820 Perry St.Building · listed 19830.2 mi from stop 2
  4. 4James C. Tappan House717 Poplar St.Building · listed 1973162 ft from stop 3
  5. 5Jerome Bonaparte Pillow House718 Perry St.Building · listed 19730.1 mi from stop 4
  6. 6Sidney H. Horner House626 Porter St.Building · listed 19750.1 mi from stop 5
  7. 7Allin House515 Columbia St.Building · listed 1973465 ft from stop 6
  8. 8William Nicholas Straub House531 Perry St.Building · listed 1985127 ft from stop 7
  9. 9West House229 Beech St.Building · listed 1983242 ft from stop 8
  10. 10Federal Building–United States Post Office and Court House617 WalnutBuilding · listed 20150.3 mi from stop 9
  11. 11Keesee House723 Arkansas St.Building · listed 19830.5 mi from stop 10
  12. 12William A. Short House317 Biscoe St.Building · listed 19850.2 mi from stop 11

1.8 straight-line miles over 11 legs.

Taking it along

Local history books for Helena

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Arkansas travel guides

Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.