Little Rock Audio Walking Tour

Highlights

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  Clinton Presidential Center

  The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum cantilevers toward the Arkansas River in front of you. This is the presidential library of Bill Clinton, who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

• Little Rock Central High School

  Little Rock Central High School, an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, rises in front of you. This building was the site of the Little Rock Crisis in 1957, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation by race in public schools was unconstitutional three years earlier, a moment in the period of heightened activism known as the civil rights movement.

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  Arkansas Governor's Mansion

  Arkansas' governor and first family live here at 1800 Center Street, in the official residence known as the Arkansas Governor's Mansion. This house anchors the Governor's Mansion Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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  Arkansas State Capitol

  Atop Capitol Hill, at the eastern end of the Capitol Mall in Little Rock, the Arkansas State Capitol houses the Arkansas General Assembly and the seat of the state government. Imagine how this place began as an idea: in 1899 St. Louis architect George R. Mann brought drawings to Governor Daniel W. Jones, designs he had first won with in 1896 for the Montana State Capitol in Helena.

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  Metropolitan National Bank Tower

  Above you at 425 West Capitol Avenue rises a 40-story skyscraper, the tallest building in Arkansas. At 547 feet (167 m) it is the tallest building in Arkansas.

All 21 stops

• Clinton Presidential Center (Little Rock)

  The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum cantilevers toward the Arkansas River in front of you.

• Clinton School of Public Service (Clinton Presidential Center)

  Picture a former Choctaw Route Station railroad depot, built in 1899, now home to the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service on these…

• River Market District (River Market District)

  Picture the Arkansas River just ahead, where bars, shops, restaurants, and public artwork line the walkways of the River Market District around the Ottenheimer Market…

• ESSE Purse Museum (South Main (SoMa))

  Here in Little Rock, Arkansas, the ESSE Purse Museum keeps women's handbags and the day-to-day items they held, small artifacts that together tell the stories…

• Historic Arkansas Museum (downtown Little Rock)

  Louise Loughborough's 1939 campaign saved this cluster of houses, now the Historic Arkansas Museum in downtown Little Rock.

• Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal (MacArthur Park Historic District)

  An octagonal tower names this building: the Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, also called the Main Building of the U.S. Arsenal at Little…

• Old State House (Little Rock)

  West of the Mississippi River, no state capitol building survives older than this one, the Old State House, formerly called the Arkansas State House.

• Robinson Center (Statehouse Plaza)

  Statehouse Plaza in downtown Little Rock is anchored by the Robinson Center, a performance, convention, and exhibition complex.

• Capital Hotel (Little Rock)

  Four stories of brick with an elaborately decorated Victorian front facade, the Capital Hotel at 111 West Markham Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, still anchors…

• Gus Blass Department Store (Little Rock)

  Gus Blass Department Store fills 318-324 Main Street in Little Rock, seven stories of masonry from 1912.

• Metropolitan National Bank Tower (downtown Little Rock)

  Above you at 425 West Capitol Avenue rises a 40-story skyscraper, the tallest building in Arkansas.

• Arkansas State Capitol (Capitol Hill)

  Atop Capitol Hill, at the eastern end of the Capitol Mall in Little Rock, the Arkansas State Capitol houses the Arkansas General Assembly and the…

• Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (MacArthur Park)

  MacArthur Park holds the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, formerly known as the Arkansas Arts Center, here in Little Rock, Arkansas.

• Cathedral of St. Andrew (Little Rock)

  On South Louisiana Street you face the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock.

• Arkansas Governor's Mansion (Governor's Mansion Historic District)

  Arkansas' governor and first family live here at 1800 Center Street, in the official residence known as the Arkansas Governor's Mansion.

• Curran Hall (Little Rock)

  Curran Hall sits at 615 East Capitol Street in Little Rock, a single-story house from 1842.

• Mount Holly Cemetery (Quapaw Quarter)

  Mount Holly Cemetery spreads through the Quapaw Quarter of downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, a historic cemetery locals nickname the Westminster Abbey of Arkansas.

• Little Rock Central High School (Park Street)

  Little Rock Central High School, an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, rises in front of you.

• Daisy Bates House (south of downtown Little Rock)

  At 1207 West 28th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, you face the Daisy Bates House.

• Central High School Neighborhood Historic District (Central High School Neighborhood Historic District)

  Every street here belongs to the Central High School Neighborhood Historic District, the vicinity surrounding Little Rock Central High School.

• Taborian Hall (9th Street area)

  Back in 1916, when the 9th street area of Little Rock was a major hub of African‑American commerce, the Arkansas chapter of the Knights and…

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