You’re looking for a grand, two-and-a-half-story house covered in a patchwork of tan and brown fieldstones, with a broad, sloping yard and two symmetrical single-story wings stretching out to each side-just beyond the old trees in front of you.
Here you are, gazing at the Jeffries House, standing like a storybook manor on its gentle hill. Picture it’s 1931: the world feels unpredictable, tension is everywhere, yet here an almost magical new house rises from stone and timber, its symmetry as perfect as a ruler’s edge. The Justin Matthews Company built this beauty, finishing the very last home in the Edgemont subdivision just before the harsh grip of the Great Depression put a hard stop on the dreams of big neighborhoods. Each block of stone on this Colonial Revival home holds a bit of drama-Matthews tried something unusual here, giving the classic American style a rugged Arkansas twist with stone instead of smooth clapboard. Imagine parties shimmering through these windows while rumors swirled about what would come next for the country, and for Park Hill. As years rolled by, the Jeffries House stood tall, a reminder of ambitions built just before hard times hit. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, it’s still a place where stories gather and memories stick like ivy to those sturdy old stones.
