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Federal Building (Little Rock, Arkansas)

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Built
  
1961 (1961)

Opened
  
1961

Architectural style
  
Modern architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
15000206

Area
  
8,500 m²

Added to NRHP
  
5 May 2015

Federal Building (Little Rock, Arkansas)

Location
  
700 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, Arkansas

Similar
  
Big Dam Bridge, Broadway Bridge, Little Rock Zoo, Funland Amusement Park, Pinnacle Mountain State Park

The Federal Building of Little Rock, Arkansas is located at 700 West Capitol Avenue, adjacent to the Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Post Office and Courthouse. It is a large seven-story Modern structure, occupying an entire city block, built in 1962 to the designs of the local firms of Swaim & Allen & Associates and Ginocchio, Cromwell & Associates. Utilizing modern curtain-wall construction, its exterior (on all four sides) is dominated on the upper floors by a narrow windows separated by limestone spandrels. The south-facing main entrance is recessed, consisting of several pairs of double doors, with flanking gold-colored grillwork.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

References

Federal Building (Little Rock, Arkansas) Wikipedia