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[[Image:City-hall-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard view of City Hall.]]
 
[[Image:City-hall-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard view of City Hall.]]
 
[[Image:City-hall-corner.jpg|thumb|300px|City Hall today. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
 
[[Image:City-hall-corner.jpg|thumb|300px|City Hall today. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
'''Little Rock City Hall''' at 500 West Markham Street is the seat of government of the [[City of Little Rock]]. The Classic Revival-style City Hall building at the corner of Markham Street and Broadway hosted its grand opening on April 15, 1908. The building originally sported a copper dome and large windows. The dome was removed in 1955 and never restored. Many windows were bricked-in in the 1960s to reduce the cost of air-conditioning.  
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'''Little Rock City Hall''' is the seat of government of the [[City of Little Rock]].  
  
City Hall was originally located on the second floor of a liquor store.
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City Hall was originally located on the second floor of a downtown liquor store. The current City Hall, at the corner of Markham and Broadway, was designed by local architect [[Charles L. Thompson]] in the Classic Revival style and opened on April 15, 1908. When it opened it sported a copper dome and large windows. The dome was removed in 1956 after locals voted to remove the structure rather than repair it. In the 1960s several windows were bricked-in to reduce the cost of air conditioning.
  
The current City Hall building was originally occupied by city offices that have since moved into separate facilities like the [[Arkansas Museum of Natural History and Antiquities]] and the [[Little Rock Police Department]]. The West Wing of the structure connected to the [[Little Rock Central Fire Station|Central Fire Station]], built in 1912.  
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Many of the original city offices have since moved into separate facilities, including the [[Arkansas Museum of Natural History and Antiquities]] and the [[Little Rock Police Department]]. The West Wing of the structure once connected to the [[Little Rock Central Fire Station|Central Fire Station]], built in 1912.  
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*Ray Hanley, ''Little Rock'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 18.
  
 
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[[Category:Local government]]
 
[[Category:Local government]]
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[[Category:Markham Street]]

Revision as of 00:56, 24 March 2010

Little Rock City Hall with dome. Photo taken between 1905 and 1915. Public domain. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Postcard view of City Hall.
City Hall today. Photo by Phil Frana.

Little Rock City Hall is the seat of government of the City of Little Rock.

City Hall was originally located on the second floor of a downtown liquor store. The current City Hall, at the corner of Markham and Broadway, was designed by local architect Charles L. Thompson in the Classic Revival style and opened on April 15, 1908. When it opened it sported a copper dome and large windows. The dome was removed in 1956 after locals voted to remove the structure rather than repair it. In the 1960s several windows were bricked-in to reduce the cost of air conditioning.

Many of the original city offices have since moved into separate facilities, including the Arkansas Museum of Natural History and Antiquities and the Little Rock Police Department. The West Wing of the structure once connected to the Central Fire Station, built in 1912.

References

  • Ray Hanley, Little Rock (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 18.

External links