National Historic Landmark · arsenal · Little Rock, Arkansas

U.s. Arsenal Building

Historic property and museum in Arkansas, United States in Little Rock, Arkansas. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

Arsenal1800sTower Building of the Little Rock ArsenalTower BuildingU.S. Arsenal Building, City Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR HABS ARK,60-LIRO,3- (sheet 10 of 12)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal

The Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, also known as the Main Building of the U.S. Arsenal at Little Rock, or Headquarters Building of the Little Rock Barracks, is the home of the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. It is also a part of the MacArthur Park Historic District, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressMacArthur Park, 9th and Commerce Sts., Little Rock, AR
CountyPulaski County
ListedJul 28, 1970
Reference number70000127
Type of placearsenal, history museum
Contributing resources1 buildings

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressMacArthur Park, 9th and Commerce Sts., Little Rock, AR
Coordinates34.73842, -92.26266 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitLittle Rock Central High School National Historic Site · 2 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyWillow Beach 8 mi · Maumelle 11 mi · Tar Camp 22 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000127. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.