Hello Waddle Folks, my grandmother grew up in Success, Clay County AR with friends Krata and Buren Waddle, daughters of Dr. Martin V.B. Waddle, M.D. I have a few photographs from the 1920’s I can share.

The Waddle house in Success is one of two structures in the town listed in the National Registrar of Historic Places (http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/AR/Clay/stat...)

I visited the Waddle house last August and it is in need of urgent care, but is can be saved if someone takes action soon. I can send more information about it if interested.

From the National Register listing: “The significance of this Waddle House is the period of time it was built. A time when the town of Success, Arkansas, was at a peak of industry in timber and agriculture. The Waddle House was built in 1909 by a prominent pioneer doctor, M.V.B. Waddle, M.D. Dr. Waddle went into military service during World War I. As a doctor and upon his discharge he and his family moved to Doniphan, Missouri, where he started a medical practice. The residence was sold to Doctor Richard Lynch in 1924 another prominent doctor of the area. Dr. Lynch died in the late twenties but his family lived in the house until the early thirties, when they moved away.”