The stone building on the north side of East Mission Blvd. was conceived by the rural Builder’s Club in 1922 and completed in 1939.

A rural community began growing in that area in 1842 when 160 acres, owned by a Choctaw couple, was deposited in the general land office in Fayetteville, Arkansas upon their deaths.

A pioneering couple Michael and Nancy Son acquired the property in 1848. Michael Son’s brother, and other families, began to move into the area. A cemetery and small log chapel were built and this was the inspiration for the community’s name ”Son’s Chapel”.

When the community grew too large to use the log chapel as a gathering place the women of the community began to raise money to build a larger community building where they could gather for holiday meals, have performances and quilt together.

The building took 18 years to complete . The work was largely done by the community members with the assistance of a carpenter and stonemason.

Son’s Chapel was dedicated in May 1940 and it survives due to the diligence of the women of the Rural Builders Club. These women quilted in the basement every Tuesday on hand made quilt frames.

This tradition continues today. The quilters meet every Tuesday from 9-2. The sale of hand quilted baby quilts supports the maintenance and repairs of the building and grounds.