411 E Front AVE Chester, AR 72934
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Key Details
Property Type Commercial
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 9,600 sqft
Price per Sqft $93
MLS Listing ID 1091348
HOA Y/N No
Year Built 1887
Annual Tax Amount $1,908
Lot Size 0.310 Acres
Acres 0.31
Property Description
Colonel Jacob Yoes — U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas — raised this 9,600 square foot landmark in 1887. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974, and five years of restoration brought it forward without erasing it. More than forty original double-hung sash windows remain in place, as does the original 1887 merchandise shelving.
ELEVEN ROOMS, NO TWO ALIKE. Every room carries its own theme, including two luxury suites. One suite adds a kitchenette and an expansive bath with both a clawfoot tub and a shower. Seven showers, nine toilets and an additional tub serve the house.
THE MERCANTILE & APOTHECARY. The on-site shop is part retail, part gathering place, with a stage for live music and a large seating area — an experience guests remember rather than a gift counter.
THE LOWER LEVEL. A commercial kitchen, a spacious dining hall and a wood-burning stove make group service genuinely workable. This is where weddings, retreats and reunions are fed.
THE SYSTEMS. New roof. Insulated walls. Updated HVAC with mini-splits. Modern electrical, hot water heaters, and dehumidifiers integrated into the flooring. The romance is 1887; the mechanicals are not.
THE GROUNDS. A large patio, gardens, natural fencing and a stream crossed by a covered bridge. Ample parking and RV hookups. Roughly a quarter acre of open ground sits ready for an outdoor ceremony lawn and has never been developed as one.
TWO WAYS TO RUN IT. Rooms book nightly as a bed and breakfast through the inn's direct site and major travel platforms, supported by an established channel manager. The entire property also rents as a single venue — a whole-property buyout for a wedding weekend, reunion, corporate retreat or festival, and the highest-value booking an eleven-room inn can sell.
THE TRACK RECORD. Weddings, festivals, reunions, murder mystery weekends, train excursions and interactive theater have all been hosted here.
THE LOCATION. Just over half a mile from I-49 and thirty minutes from both Fort Smith and Fayetteville, surrounded by the Ozarks. Northwest Arkansas is a large, well-funded wedding market with very little historic venue inventory.
For an innkeeper, an event-venue operator, or a preservation buyer, this is a certified piece of Arkansas history that already works as a business.
Location
State AR
County Crawford
Interior
Interior Features Wired for Sound
Heating Central, Electric
Cooling Central Air, Electric, Zoned
Flooring Ceramic Tile, Wood
Fireplace No
Appliance Electric Water Heater
Exterior
Parking Features On Street
Utilities Available Electricity Available, Septic Available, Water Available
Water Access Desc Public
Roof Type Other,See Remarks
Building
Lot Description City Lot
Sewer Septic Tank
Water Public
Others
Tax ID 720-00004-001
Security Features Smoke Detector(s)
Special Listing Condition None
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