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<p>New page: The &#039;&#039;&#039;Hillcrest Historic District&#039;&#039;&#039; of <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Little_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Rock">Little Rock</a>, Arkansas, was added as a designated historic district on the National Register of Historical Places in 1990. A group of Michigan ...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Hillcrest Historic District''' of [[Little Rock]], Arkansas, was added as a designated historic district on the National Register of Historical Places in 1990.<br /> <br /> A group of Michigan developers purchased 800 acres of what would become the [[Hillcrest]] neighborhood in 1891. The land was described as oak grove-topped, cool, 350-foot &quot;highlands.&quot; That same year [[Edgar E. Moss]], who would later become a mayor of [[The Heights]], built the first home in the neighborhood at 3820 Hill Road. (The home was bulldozed in 1959.)<br /> <br /> In 1904 work was begun on [[Forest Park]] in the neighborhood, which eventually held a 1,500 seat auditorium, pavilion, zoo, carousel, and fun house. Child visitors to the park took free rides in goat carts or go skating. The park became the site of the [[Pulaski County Fair]] during [[World War I]]. In 1916 the fair departed for [[Fair Park]], now known as [[War Memorial Park]]. In 1921 Forest Park was purchased by the [[White City]] amusement company which built a pool where the [[Heights Theater]] now stands. The pool was taken over by the [[Little Rock Recreation Commission]] in 1934 and remodeled. The pool was torn out in 1939.<br /> <br /> The Catholic [[Little Rock College]] also once stood in the neighborhood, and is now known as [[St. Joseph's orphan asylum]]. <br /> <br /> ====Annexation by Little Rock====<br /> <br /> Hillcrest became a part of the [[City of Little Rock]] in an annexation agreement in 1916. Today, the Hillcrest neighborhood supports a number of shops and restaurants, as well as the [[First Thursday Shop 'N' Sip]] gallery walk in the summer months. Local restaurants include [[Nu]], [[So]], [[Ferneau]], and [[The Fountain]]. <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> *Jerry Dean, &quot;In Early Days, Hillcrest was 'Way Out West,'&quot; ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' June 15, 1989.<br /> <br /> ==External links==</div>

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