19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Borden House Prairie Grove Arkansas

The Borden House is a historic house on the grounds of Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. In the Battle of Prairie Grove on December 7, 1862, the original Borden House was one of the central points of the Confederate line, and was the scene of heavy casualties. The Borden House was burned the next day. Archibald Borden built the current house on the original site. It is a ​1 ¹⁄₂-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof pierced by three gabled dormers. A porch extends across the center three bays of the front. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Union forces won the battle and it was the last Civil War battle in Arkansas.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Prairie Grove, Arkansas, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D600
Copyright: © George W Rhodes