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The '''Anthony House''' was the first public inn in on Markham Street in downtown Little Rock. The Anthony House opened in 1841. It was also the headquarters of the [[General Stage Office]]. | The '''Anthony House''' was the first public inn in on Markham Street in downtown Little Rock. The Anthony House opened in 1841. It was also the headquarters of the [[General Stage Office]]. | ||
| − | Anthony House had twenty-two rooms, a dining hall measuring sixty feet in length, as well as meeting space. Other early hotels included the [[City Hotel]] operated by [[C.L. Jeffries]], the [[Eagle House]], the [[National House]], [[Franklin House]], and the [[Washington and Rock Hotel]]. | + | Anthony House had twenty-two rooms, a dining hall measuring sixty feet in length, as well as meeting space. The inn was destroyed by fire in 1876. |
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| + | Other early hotels included the [[City Hotel]] operated by [[C.L. Jeffries]], the [[Eagle House]], the [[National House]], [[Franklin House]], and the [[Washington and Rock Hotel]]. | ||
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Revision as of 00:33, 1 February 2009
The Anthony House was the first public inn in on Markham Street in downtown Little Rock. The Anthony House opened in 1841. It was also the headquarters of the General Stage Office.
Anthony House had twenty-two rooms, a dining hall measuring sixty feet in length, as well as meeting space. The inn was destroyed by fire in 1876.
Other early hotels included the City Hotel operated by C.L. Jeffries, the Eagle House, the National House, Franklin House, and the Washington and Rock Hotel.
References
- Ira Don Richards, Story of a Rivertown: Little Rock in the Nineteenth Century (1969), 56.
