Anthony House (Little Rock, Arkansas)

Anthony House
Anthony House
	Scene of the conflict between the Brooks and Baxter adherents in front of the Anthony House
Former names	American Hotel
General information
Status	Destroyed
Type	Hotel
Location	Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°44′52.1″N 92°16′10.0″W / 34.747806°N 92.269444°W
Named for	James C. Anthony
Completed	1838
Destroyed	September 19, 1875
Dimensions
Other dimensions	64 feet (20 m) across x 58 feet (18 m)
Technical details
Material	Brick
Floor count	3
Other information
Number of rooms	22

The Anthony House was a famous 22 room hotel on the southwest corner of Markham and Scott streets in Little Rock. Construction on the hotel began in 1838. It served as the headquarters for Arkansas governor Elisha Baxter during the Brooks-Baxter War.^[1] The hotel was destroyed by fire on September 19, 1875.^[2]

References[]

^ Graves, John (1990). Town and Country: Race Relations in an Urban-Rural Context, Arkansas, 1865–1905. University of Arkansas Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-68226-138-5. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
^ Fletcher, John Gould; Carpenter, Lucas (1989). Arkansas. University of Arkansas Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-55728-040-4. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

Further reading[]

Kent, Carolyn. (2012). The Anthony House, a Memorable Little Rock Hotel of the 19th Century. Pulaski County Historical Review 60 (Summer 2012): pp. 42–50.
Kent, Carolyn. (2016). Anthony House. Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
Pope, William F., and Dunbar H. Pope. (1895). Early Days in Arkansas: Being for the Most Part the Personal Recollections of an Old Settler. Little Rock, AR: Fredrick W. Allsopp.
Hampton, Roy F., and Witsell, Charles. (1984). How We Lived: Little Rock as an American City. Little Rock, AR: August House.

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[1] Graves, John (1990). Town and Country: Race Relations in an Urban-Rural Context, Arkansas, 1865–1905. University of Arkansas Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-68226-138-5. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

[2] Fletcher, John Gould; Carpenter, Lucas (1989). Arkansas. University of Arkansas Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-55728-040-4. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

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