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Union Station

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1920–1921, E. M. Tucker. 1400 W. Markham St.
  • (Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, A Division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage)

Railroad service to a station here began in September 1872 with service by the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad. The current station, the third to serve Little Rock, replaced a similar building of 1911 that burned at the hands of a Brooklyn, New York, businessman as a protest against cigarette smoking. The three-story station served passengers and freight for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Constructed of light brown brick, the building features a round-arched arcade in front of the its central portion, which is recessed between two wings. A tall square Italian-styled clock tower emphasizes the entrance arcade and light-colored stringcourses, cornices, and voussoirs highlight the building’s architectural parts. The station originally had a large train shed behind it, since removed. The ample size of the station speaks to the importance of Little Rock as a railroad hub.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Cyrus A. Sutherland with Gregory Herman, Claudia Shannon, Jean Sizemore Jeannie M. Whayne and Contributors
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What's Nearby

Arkansas State Capitol
State Buildings on Capitol Mall
Justice Building and State Supreme Court Annex
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Little Rock City Hall

Citation

Cyrus A. Sutherland with Gregory Herman, Claudia Shannon, Jean Sizemore Jeannie M. Whayne and Contributors, "Union Station", [Little Rock, Arkansas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AR-01-PU4.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Arkansas

Buildings of Arkansas, Cyrus A. Sutherland and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, 120-120.

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