Located in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Standing regally in the Belle Grove Historic District, the Clayton House serves as a living history book of Fort Smith’s elegant Victorian period during the city’s frontier beginnings on the border of Indian Territory. The Italianate-style mansion also provides a perfect setting for weddings and private gatherings with its stately parlors and expansive grounds.
The Clayton House provides a step back to 1882, the year William Henry Harrison Clayton moved his family into the antebellum home that he doubled in size and shaped into an Italianate-style masterpiece. Coal-burning fireplaces and period furnishings in each room place you in a time that featured no indoor plumbing or electricity, but that was rich with austerity. Our guided tour provides a perspective of the mission to bring law and justice to the area from the home of the chief prosecutor of the famous court of Judge Isaac C. Parker.
Please browse our website for details on the history of the home and Mr. Clayton and his family, as well as our event rental options. The Clayton House is maintained and operated by the nonprofit Fort Smith Heritage Foundation, which led its restoration after saving the home from demolition in 1969. We thank you for your support of the Clayton House, as well as your participation in our many programs and events.
Coming Up at The Clayton House
The Bonneville House, The Clayton House, & Fort Smith Museum of History
Tickets go on sale 9/2/2024 @ 9AM only on Eventbrite!!
Link for 10/25 www.eventbrite.com/e/1003591889357?aff=oddtdtcreator
Link for 10/26 www.eventbrite.com/e/murder-mayhem-tickets-1003588047867?aff=oddtdtcreator
The Tour and Progressive Dinner features haunted and gruesome stories from years past. Guests will meet at the Bonneville House at 5:30, where the fun starts—then load up for a hayride to the museum. The stories begin at the Fort Smith Museum of History with drinks, appetizers, ghost stories, and a peek at haunted areas of the museum.The hayride returns to the Belle Grove Historic District, with a few new stops on the way, for a delicious dinner & dessert at The Bonneville House where guests will dine Al fresco. The evening continues with a stroll through the Historic District to hear gruesome historic facts and eerie local legends where real haunted houses are pointed out and their dark secrets revealed. The evening winds down at The Clayton House with ghost stories around the fire pit with s'mores and cordials.
As guests will be outdoors for the hayride, dinner, and stroll, please wear comfy shoes and dress accordingly.
Tickets are $150 and include 3 course dinner, beverages and ghost stories.
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