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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

PAUL M. HEERWAGEN.
    Paul M. Heerwagen, one of the most prominent painting and decorating
contractors of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, was born in Bavaria, Germany,
in 1866. He is a son of Gotlieb and Mary (Stahl) Heerwagen, who were also of
Bavarian birth, the father spending his entire life in that country, where he
had engaged in the drug business. His wife also died in Germany. They were the
parents of four children, of whom two are living: Leo, who is engaged in the
music business; and Paul M.

    The latter acquired his education in the schools of Berlin and came to the
United States in 1881 with other members of the family. He made his way to
Detroit, Michigan, and there learned the business of decorating, developing
expert ability along that line. In 1891 he came to Arkansas, where he has since
made his home, and through the intervening years he has built up a reputation as
one of the foremost decorators of the state. He removed with his family to
Fayetteville in 1911, and while he has done a large amount of work in this city,
he is continually being called to various points in the south and southwest. He
has decorated many of the fine residences and he did the decorating work on many
of the finest public buildings of this section of the country, including Hotel
Gayoso of Memphis, Tennessee; Hotel Piedmont of Atlanta, Georgia; Hotel Gay
Teague of Montgomery, Alabama; Hotel Marion of Little Rock, Arkansas; Hotel
Peabody of Memphis, Tennessee; Hotel Galvez of Galveston, Texas; Hotel Pine
Bluff of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Hotel Gibraltar of Paris, Texas; the courthouse
of Paris, Texas; Hotel Youree of Shreveport, Louisiana; Hotel Bently of
Alexandria, Louisiana; Exchange building of Memphis, Tennessee; Central Bank
building of Memphis, Tennessee; Commercial Bank of Shreveport, Louisiana;
Southern Pacific of Houston, Texas; the courthouse of Memphis, Tennessee; City
National Bank building of Shreveport, Louisiana; Cosden building of Tulsa,
Oklahoma; Scottish Rite Temple of Shreveport, Louisiana; City National Bank
building of Wichita Falls, Texas; Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank building
of Fort Worth, Texas; and the Ardis building of Shreveport, Louisiana, as well
as the Arkansas state capitol at Little Rock. These are among some of the
largest hotels and public buildings of this part of the country and indicate the
high character of the work which is planned and executed by the representatives
of the Paul M. Heerwagen studios at Fayetteville.

    In 1893 Mr. Heerwagen was married to Miss Ida Killian, who was born in
Little Rock, Arkansas, a daughter of Dr. Miles and Ruth (Johnstone) Killian, the
former a native of North Carolina, while the latter was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Dr. Killian came to Little Rock in 1849 and practiced there for a
number of years. He was a veteran of the Mexican war and following its close
visited Little Rock while en route to North Carolina. So pleased was he with the
city, however, that he did not continue his journey and remained a resident of
the Arkansas capital. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Heerwagen
is his only child and by her marriage she became the mother of six children:
Ruth, who is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and taught in the schools
of Oklahoma in 1920, while in 1921 she is a teacher in the schools of
Fayetteville; Paul, the owner of the business conducted under the name of the
Square Tire Company at Fayetteville; Leo, who is a junior in the University of
Arkansas; Louie, also connected with the Square Tire Company;  Margaret, who is
attending high school; and Marion, at home.

    In his political views Mr. Heerwagen has always been a democrat. Fraternally
he is a Mason and has filled all of the chairs in the York Rite bodies and taken
a very active part in Masonic affairs. He has also taken the Scottish Rife
degrees. He and his wife are active and faithful members of the Presbyterian
church. Mrs. Heerwagen is a member of the Pioneer Society of Arkansas at Little
Rock, also has membership with the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Order of
the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. Heerwagen have a beautiful modern home, erected
at the edge of the city by Mr. Heerwagen in 1916. Its beauty is matched by its
cordial hospitality, which is freely accorded their many friends.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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