The mansion is named for its former owner and namesake of Henderson State University, Captain Charles Christopher Henderson (Henderson is Arkansas’s only public university named for an individual). This magnificent 9,000 square-foot mansion began as a small cottage built in 1876. In 1906, however, this small cottage was incorporated into what was then known as the "Big House."
In the 1920s, the "Big House" was again expanded, creating the present structure. The Captain Henderson House contains what is arguably the best collection of interior wooden fretwork in the state of Arkansas and now serves as a bed and breakfast.
