The properties were built between 1901 and 1925 in various architectural styles, and the area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

[1] Fayetteville began booming after the Civil War with the establishment of the Arkansas Industrial University in 1871 and completion of the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (Frisco) to the city.

[4] The district formerly included the Arkansas Building, a structure built in St. Louis Missouri for the 1904 World's Fair.

Fayetteville businessman Artemus Wolf purchased the structure, had it disassembled, marked, shipped and rebuilt on his property in the Mont Nord Addition in 1905.

[5] This structure was demolished in 1939, leaving only the five properties along Mount Nord Street which compose the present-day district.