By the late 1870s, the Arbor District had taken on a definite air of sophistication.  These were the homes of the powerful in Carbondale .  One history of Carbondale , written in 1878, states, “the city has many elegant homes.  Those of John G. Campbell, William J. Allen, Daniel H. Brush, Alonzo F. Bridges, Henry Campbell, James M. Morgan, R. J. Cavett, S. G. Hindman, and G. T. Winne are especially worthy of mention.”[1]   Most of these homes were in the Arbor District.  The houses could be described as ornate, tasteful, and large by any standard.  Two-storied, often in elaborate Victorian style, they possessed gardens, stables, and even small orchards.  The home of Henry F. Campbell was at the Southeast corner of Main Street and Poplar, now 417 West Main .  It was an elegant brick home, described as a restrained Victorian.[2] 

G.T. Winne’s home, built in 1873, was at 601 West Main .  Winne was a real estate dealer.  A short history of Carbondale prepared in 1962 states that, “many of the new settlers who had bought lots in the original tract prospered and became land speculators, following the example of the founders.”[3] 

Winne could certainly be considered an example of this phenomenon, as could real-estate dealer Samuel Dunaway, who built a large home at 409 West Main (Mitchell) when he moved to Carbondale in 1881.  The Dunaway house was an ornate Victorian, now better known as the Muckelroy Apartments.[4] 

Judge Oliver A. Harker built his home across the street at 416 West Main Street at about the same time.  Harker would later subdivide some of his holdings.  This became part of two additions.  The first was the Harker, Keesee, and Clements Addition, which included property between College and Mill on the north and south, and Rawlings and Forest on the east and west.  The second addition was directly west of the first, and became known as the Harker and Hester Addition. See a map of the city in 1898 here.