IN STRIKING DISPLAY OF NEOCLASSICAL STYLES THE RICHIE-CRAWFORD HOUSE WHICH FEATURES FULL HEIGHT FLUTED COLUMNS CAPPED WITH IONIC CAPITOLS WHICH SUPPORT THE ROOF OF THE TWO STORY PORCH. ABOVE THE PORCH IS A CLASSICAL PEDIMENT PUNCTUATED WITH AN INFILLED OX-EYE WINDOW. COMPLETED IN 1909 FOR THE FAMILY OF BUSINESSMAN WALTER RICHIE, THE HOME IN SUBSEQUENT DECADES WAS OWNED BY CLYDE AND MAUDE CRAWFORD . IT WAS FROM THIS HOME THAT MRS. CRAWFORD, AN ATTORNEY, MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED ON MARCH 2, 1957 IN ONE OF ARKANSAS' MOST TALKED ABOUT UNSOLVED MYSTERIES. ).
DEMONSTRATING NEOCLASSICAL MOTIF, ECLECTICALLY COMBINED WITH QUEEN ANNE ELEMENTS, THE RAMSEY-McCLELLAN HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AND BANKER W.K. RAMSEY- AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OCCUPIED BY THE FAMILY OF JOHN L. McCLELLAN AT THE TIME MR. McCLELLAN WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. DESIGNED BY ARKANSAS' PREMIER TURN OF THE CENTURY ARCHITECT, CHARLES THOMPSON OF LITTLE ROCK, THE HOUSE EXIBITS FULL HEIGHT FLUTED COLUMNS CAPPED WITH COMPOSITE IONIC CAPITALS. BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND STORIES HAVE CURVED PORCHES THAT EXTEND IN A SEMICIRCULAR SWEEP AROUND THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AND A ROOF BALUSTRADE ENCLOSES A "WIDOW'S WALK." ( THE HOUSE IS CURRENTLY IN RESTORATION BY THE OWNERS, ANGELA AND HENRY PRYOR). .
