McCollum-Chidester House

{{short description|Historic house in Arkansas, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = McCollum-Chidester House

| nrhp_type =

| image = McCollum-Chidester House 001.jpg

| caption = McCollum-Chidester House, 2014

| location = 926 Washington St., NW, Camden, Arkansas

| coordinates = {{coord|33|35|5|N|92|50|32|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Arkansas#USA

| map_caption = Location in Arkansas##Location in United States

| built = {{Start date|1847}}

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = June 24, 1971

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 71000127{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

| nrhp_type2 = cp

| nocat = yes

| designated_nrhp_type2 = January 22, 2010

| partof = Washington Street Historic District

| partof_refnum = 09001256

}}

The McCollum-Chidester House is a historic house at 926 Washington Street NW in Camden, Arkansas. It is now a museum operated by the Ouachita County Historical Society, along with the Leake-Ingham Building at the rear of the property. The {{frac|1|1|2}}-story wood-frame house was built in 1847 by Peter McCollum and sold ten years later to Colonel John T. Chidester. It is one of the finest pre-Civil War Greek Revival mansions in the state. Chidester was a prominent businessman who controversially sought to do business with Union interests during the Civil War. After the war he established a mail company that operated so-called "Star routes" as far west as the Arizona Territory. He was not implicated in bribery scandals that attended this operation.{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/OU0045-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for McCollum-Chidester House|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2014-06-08}}

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.