the house was built in 18 53 by jonas tebbit. he was from new hampshire, but he had come to arkansas in 1838 to study law and van buren. and he passed the bar was traveling the law circuit, he came to fayetteville and he happened to meet matilda winlock. he and matilda winlock got married in 1847. 1862, they of confederates were being driven out of missouri and down here to arkansas. as they were being driven down to arkansas and came through the town of fayetteville, they decided to burn all the confederate stores. held and the food was the ammo was held and things like that. basically the soldiers ransacked the town. it was said that some of the citizens participated in this ransacking also, but it was a pretty dark time for the citizens of fayetteville. headquarters house was directly threaten one across the street the fayetteville female institute have been used as an arsenal for the confederate army so they decided to set fire to it. the powder and shells have been removed, but there were faulty shells. when the building cau