Mystery Location No. 42: March 12, 2017

I am 98% sure of the correct location, but what happens if I am wrong? Will I still have a chance to name the correct location at a later time, or do I lose my chance? Just to be on the safe side, I suppose I will wait until tomorrow to get the second clue, hopefully it will confirm my response.

I will take Jason's suggestion then, and make a guess:


This is the Gann Museum, formerly known as the Gann Building, located at 218 S. Market St. in Benton, Arkansas.  It is the only known building in the world to have been built out of bauxite and one of the oldest buildings still standing in Saline County.  Despite the fact that bauxite was considered an unstable material for buildings, the structure has held up amazingly well, to everyone's surprise.  It was built in 1893 by patients of Dr. Dewell Gann Sr., a doctor and surgeon. Since these patients could not afford his services by paying cash due to the Depression of 1893, they repaid him by building this structure.  The pastel-colored bauxite was mined from a nearby farm.  A Victorian building with three rooms, it contained two entrances to two waiting rooms, one for women and one for men, and the examination room. The office was converted to a city library in 1946, and later became a local museum in 1980.  Gann shares his name with General Bill Gann, a general that questioned Obama about not following protocol when the National Anthem is being played.  The Gann Museum houses artifacts from early Benton and Saline County, as well as Indian (Native American) artifacts. The most memorable exhibit in the museum is the fireplace poker of death, used to murder Hattie Staner and a neighbor in 1877. Staner's nephew later confessed to the crime, and then became Saline County's only legal execution when he was hanged on the courthouse lawn.  

Congratulations! It was a tough one!