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    Little Rock
    Little Rock
    Little Rock
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    Little Rock

    By Ray Hanley

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    Little Rock is small by capital-city standards, but much like larger capitals, it has been quick to demolish the old in favor of the new. There are still striking structures tucked away here and there, and to appreciate how Little Rock has evolved from sleepy, steamboat days to a booming tourist destination, Arcadia Publishing presents photographs from past and present.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateMay 2, 2007
    ISBN9781439617700
    Little Rock
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    Ray Hanley

    The authors, Little Rock brothers Ray and Steven G. Hanley, with the help of many in the community, capture not only the war but also its influence on the state�s culture for the century that followed. Ray Hanley is an executive with a global technology company, and Steven is the director of volunteer services for a major nonprofit organization serving disabled children. Between them, they have produced a daily newspaper column for 20 years and numerous Arkansas history books.

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      Little Rock - Ray Hanley

      Hanley

      INTRODUCTION

      In the summer of 2005, I sat in the courtyard of a hotel in a small town in southern Spain, having breakfast beneath the outstretched arms of a statue of Christ. The hotel was a converted 500-year-old convent; Jesus came with the real estate transaction. The hotel opened onto a cobbled street lined with buildings where people had walked and discussed the issues of the day for hundreds of years. That morning, I thought about the different attitude found in compact European cities compared to that in much of the United States, as evidenced by the surrounding architecture. I realized that my home state of Arkansas and its capital city of Little Rock has been all too eager to tear down historic, serviceable, and often architecturally significant old buildings to erect new and frequently bland structures. Often people don’t realize what is lost until it is gone, and even more sadly, often people can’t recall what was on the site of a shiny new building or bleak parking lot even a few, short years previously.

      Having lived in Little Rock since 1973, I started collecting early-20th-century Arkansas postcards found in antique shops, flea markets, and estate sales. It has been through these thousands of images that I have been struck by the loss of what once faced onto the streets of the historic core of the capital city. I’ve been privileged to have authored or coauthored a dozen books on Arkansas history, but have long desired to do a then-and-now format look at what has been lost, altered, or in some cases remarkably preserved for future generations. Arcadia Publishing has made this goal possible with its series, Then & Now. If the reader is inspired to get involved in supporting one of the groups dedicated to preserving Arkansas’s rich historic heritage, this little book will have indeed been a worthwhile undertaking.

      —Ray Hanley

      December 2006

      CHAPTER 1

      SEAT OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE YEARS

      The best view of Arkansas’s capital city was almost surely from atop the dome of the new state capitol building, completed in 1911. The photographer pointed his lens down Capitol Avenue, wide and straight on its path toward Main Street in the distance. In the almost century since then, much of what was in the camera’s view has been lost to fire, urban renewal, and the urgent drive to replace the old with the new. However, some of the most historic buildings that served state, county, and city governments remain landmarks today.

      The Arkansas Territory was designated in 1820 after it was carved away from the Missouri Territory by Congress. Jesse Hinderliter erected the below building in 1828, adjacent to the territorial capitol buildings, to serve as both a tavern and a home for his family. By 1936, the 100th anniversary of Arkansas statehood, the long-neglected tavern was still operating at Third and Cumberland Streets. The historic building was saved in part by Mrs. J. H. Loughborough, wife of a prominent local attorney. Today it is restored and a part of the Historic Arkansas Museum of the Arkansas

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