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Donaghey Building

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
12000355

Added to NRHP
  
27 June 2012

Built
  
1925 (1925)

Opened
  
1925

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Location
  
103 E. 7th St., 703 S. Main St., Little Rock, Arkansas

Similar
  
Little Rock City Hall, Downtown Little Rock Partnership, Arkansas State Capitol, Big Dam Bridge, Broadway Bridge

The Donaghey Building is a historic commercial building at 103 East 7th Street and 703 South Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a fourteen story structure, built out of reinforced concrete and faced in brick. The building forms a U shape, with a central courtyard open to the south. It was built in 1925-26 to a design by New York City architect Hunter McDonnell, and was for thirty year's Little Rock's tallest building, housing a variety of commercial offices, and retail spaces on the ground floor. It featured the latest advances in lighting, ventilation, and fire-resistant construction.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

Donaghey Building Wikipedia