The Benjamin Black House was built in 1858, renovated in 1867, and had an upstairs added in 1872. Benjamin Black served as Mayor of Searcy from 1886 to 1894. He and his family had eleven children who lived here until the last died in 1979. The house was purchased and restored by Dr. and Mrs. Porter Rodgers Jr. in 1980, and they donated it to the city of Searcy in 2009.