Tower Building (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Tower Building | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | 323 Center St., Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°44′44″N 92°16′24″W / 34.74556°N 92.27333°WCoordinates: 34°44′44″N 92°16′24″W / 34.74556°N 92.27333°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1959 |
NRHP reference No. | 11000692[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 23, 2011 |
The Tower Building is a commercial eighteen-story skyscraper at 323 Center Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. Built in 1959–60, it was the tallest building in the state at the time of its completion, and the state's first instance of composite steel frame construction. It was designed by Little Rock architect and Dallas, Texas architect in the International style. It has curtain walls of windows on its north and south facades, and blank brick walls on the east and west, with the elevator tower projecting from its southern facade.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]
See also[]
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas
- List of tallest buildings in Little Rock
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Tower Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
Categories:
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Skyscraper office buildings in Little Rock, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Office buildings completed in 1960
- Little Rock, Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs