The Hodges House is a historic house on the east side of

Arkansas Highway 7 Highway 7 (AR 7, Ark. 7, Hwy. 7, and partially Scenic 7 Byway) is a north–south state highway that runs across the state of Arkansas. As Arkansas's longest state highway, the route runs from Louisiana Highway 558 at the Louisiana state line n ...

south of the rural community of

Bismarck, Arkansas Bismarck is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 229. It is located between Hot Springs and Caddo Valley, centere ...

. It is a distinctive single-story wood-frame house, with a projecting polygonal bay at one corner, and a porch that wraps around three sides of the house. The porch is supported by turned posts and has an elaborate Folk Victorian balustrade. The house was built in 1907 by Lee and Clara DeBray, and was sold to Thomas and Charlotte Hodges in 1925. Both of the Hodgeses were leading figures in the early development of archaeology in the state of Arkansas, amassing a collection of more than 50,000 artifacts, and occupying leadership positions in the Arkansas Archaeological Society. The

Menard–Hodges site The Menard–Hodges site ( 3AR4) (also known as Menard-Hodges Mounds and Osotouy), is an archaeological site in Arkansas County, Arkansas. It includes two large platform mounds as well as several house mounds. It is the type site for the Menard ...

, now a

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...

, was purchased by Hodges in order to control research and preservation activities. The house was listed on the

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in 1995.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Houses completed in 1907 Houses in Hot Spring County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Hot Spring County, Arkansas 1907 establishments in Arkansas Folk Victorian architecture in the United States Victorian architecture in Arkansas {{HotSpringCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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