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1 :9n1 Nc.?3.>~.?'.i?EV b- CO--C~~ ' U:.''--'.,3 STA-'SS DEPARTMENT OF 'THE ih'teroiz NATONAL PARK SERVCE NA*(?QAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES 1,,?JVXPJTOXY-- MOMNATTON FORM..<...-- JRECEXEO, >q,.l.., ---- O DATE ENTEREO..,....., SEE NSTRUCTONS 1 N HOW TO COMPLt3EPJATONAL REGSTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRES -- COMPLETE APPLCABLE SECTONS - :! ' - i.- - CLBEZiT PTK3 HDTEL - ANnlOR COMMON 1 / STREET& NUMBER -- -' y"::, NOT FOR PWBUC4TON.. Seventh and Scott -.,. - CTY. TOWN. -.. CONGRESSONAL OlSTRlCT ' 1 Little 3tock,.w~clnrn OF -., - -second STATF CODE COUNTY CODE Arkansas 05 mlaski 119 : 1 ; ~~{GLASSPCATON : i CATEGORY OWNERSHP STATUS PRESENT USE,DlSTRCT,PUBUC ~ O C PED C ~ AGRCULTURE -MUSEUM ~B?~~LDW~G~S) - " XPFVATE,UNOCCUP~E o,commerc~al,park :,S~UCTURE,BOTH LWORX N PHOGRFSS -EDUCATONAL,PRVATE RESDENCE +,:,Sf E PUSUC ACOUSTlON ACCESSBLE,ENfEFlTAlNMEMT -RELGlOUS t,osect JF PROCESS XY E S: FE STR~CTED -GOVERNMENT -SCENTFC.,:..,BENG CONSPEREO,YES: u ~latsm~mo -NDUSTRAL,TRANSPORTA11Qu T~owNEx OF PROPERTY - Second sap t is t Church STREET & NUMBER Eighth and S mtt CTY. TOWR Littk -. Rock BLOCATON -,N o ALlfARY XDTHEA- STATE - VlClPlrrY OF Pzkansas *, F ' '! Residence Hotel! i OF LEGAL DESCRPTON! COURTHOUSE. UEClsTRY bf DEEOS. Tt cireui? clerk" office STREET & NUMBER CTY. TOWN Pulaski - County Courthouse ha RREPRESENTA'ON N EXSTNG SURVEYS Little Rock STATE Arkansas c.i., DATE DEPOSTORY FOFl SURVEY RECORDS CTY. TOWN STATE? L i

CONDlYlOY CHECKONE -. CHECK ONE XEXCELLENT JEERORATEO,UNALTERED XOR~GNAE STE.-,G DOD -RUNS ~LTEREQ. L -FAR,UNEXPOSED ". + - ATOVED D A L DESCRBE THE PRESENT AND ORGNAL (ff KNOWN) PHYSCAL APPEARANCE.

2 CONDlYlOY CHECKONE -. CHECK ONE XEXCELLENT JEERORATEO,UNALTERED XOR~GNAE STE.-,G DOD -RUNS ~LTEREQ. L -FAR,UNEXPOSED ". + - ATOVED D A L DESCRBE THE PRESENT AND ORGNAL (ff KNOWN) PHYSCAL APPEARANCE.., -, The 175-room Albert Pike Hotel was erected in 1929.,t was designed by architect, Eugene John Stern, in partnership- with.george l: ' Mann, architect of the Arkansas State Capitol Building. The hotel is built in the talian-spanish Revival style 05 architecture and cost approximately $1,000,000 to eonskuct The basic f lmr plan is U-shaped. The tko main wings, eight stmkes in heiqht, protrude to help enclose an open cowt extending dbwe the first two stories.. The two eight-story wings are connected by a ten-story section- To?pFng the structure are two towers, which house the.- elevator machinery, set at either end of the roof an the east elevation. _?n the north aad south elevations and on the facade of the two wings' are decorated which extend a~proximzltely five feet above the roof line. The flat roof features slo2ing tile eaves. - The facade of the Albert Pike Hotel is marked by a "cloister-type"' porch. The multi-lite, triple-arched windows are flanked by the main entries. Located above' these entries are terra-cotta medallions, each 'featuring a heraldic shield. with the initials "AP." Other windows on the first floor facade are decorative in their utilization of cast stone, qinaows are rectangular with simple trim abave the second-story line. The tile eaves of the roof above-khe cloister porch are supported by ornamental brackets with pedhents in between- Adjoining the hotel building on the east elevation is a two-story garage. structure also em2loys the use of the tfle roof. This The interior of the first two floors is almost entirely original and is in an excellent state of presemation. The elaborate interior de'sign'includes detailed stenciling, leazed and stained-glass windows, extensive decorative tile and iron work md. intricate light fixtures, Of special note is the cdfered ceiling in the large main lobby. Octagonal-shaped panels surround small dimnond-shaped panels with pendants. The multi-colored patterns (between the raised plaster moldings) were applied with paint using separate stencils for each color, These designs exem>lify a type af decoration popular in the sacond-mfof the nineteenth century and early twentieth, Of special note are the wood-?anel& ceilings in the north hallway. These ceilings feature painted diamond panels projecting fmm the rich-grained wood. Brass-paneled elevator doors are set into glazed tile walls. Ornately designed glazed-tile is found frequently in the decoration of the interiors. Mosaic tile floors are found throughout the first floor. Another feature of note is the landing on the stairway to the rnezzanin4 which is marked by a solid railing with t.m heraldic medallions set amcng intricate designs ,....

$UKlf EU STATES DEPtlRRTMEPiT OF THE NTEKOR N?.TONAC PARK SERVCE YATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES Zl\lbT\TORY -- NCrMlNATON FORM CONTlNUATOrJ SHEET -.,,. - ltem NUMBER 7 PAGE f.$ basic structure of the main building. -. The Mkrt Pike Hotel has lkeh an important ladmark in Little. Pack since its construction.

basic structure of the main building. -. The Mkrt Pike Hotel has lkeh an important ladmark in Little. Pack since its construction.

3 UKlf EU STATES DEPtlRRTMEPiT OF THE NTEKOR N?.TONAC PARK SERVCE YATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES Zl\lbT\TORY -- NCrMlNATON FORM CONTlNUATOrJ SHEET -.,,. - ltem NUMBER 7 PAGE f.. The Albert Pike Hotel has undergone no major changes since its construction, - n the late 1960's, a two-story modern addition of rooms 1-5 construct& on the south elevation, but did not: alter the basic structure of the main building. -. The Mkrt Pike Hotel has lkeh an important ladmark in Little. Pack since its construction. The hotel is now owned by the Second Baptist Church and administered by them as a residence hotel. This is an appropriate adaptive use which not only keeps the hotel in excellent condition, but also contributes to the. remembrance of an era in which the Albert Pike H otel was a center of affluence.

$599 AGRCULTURE ACDNOMCS -LlTERATUAE.. -. ACULPTURC. -, - -1600-1 893 &RCHTECTL~RE,EDUCATON -MLTARY,SOCtAWWMhN\T4R!fbN -1 700.$ 1 799 A R T -ENGNEERNG -MUSC,THEATER -1 800-1899,COMMERCE XEXPLORAYOWSE~TLEME~,PHLOSOPHY.,TRANS*O.

1 799 A R T -ENGNEERNG -MUSC,THEATER -1 800-1899,COMMERCE XEXPLORAYOWSE~TLEME~,PHLOSOPHY.,TRANS*O.

. The one hundred and seventy-f ive room Ubel-t Pike Hotel wa's constructed in 1929 at an approximate cost of $1,600,000, The Alberk Pike Hotel reflects "'the affluent decade," the 1920'5, in its

4 AREAS OF SGNFCANCE-- CHECK AND JUSTFY BELOW. JREHS30rCC ARCHEOrUGY-PAEHlSTOR1C CO?AMVNLNPLANHNG AANOSMBE ARCHTECTUP,AZ LGtON,T ACHEOLOGY-HSTORC,CONSERVATON,LAW,SCENCE.., AGRCULTURE ACDNOMCS -LlTERATUAE.. -. ACULPTURC. -, &RCHTECTL~RE,EDUCATON -MLTARY,SOCtAWWMhN\T4R!fbN A R T -ENGNEERNG -MUSC,THEATER ,COMMERCE XEXPLORAYOWSE~TLEME~,PHLOSOPHY.,TRANS*O.?SATTON ~ 1 ~ 0 0 :,MMMUPCAlTONS,NDUSTR _POUTCYGOVERNMENT -OTHER lspeclfyl J NVENl7 ON SPECtFlC DATES /qz 7 BULDER/AHCHTE~~ Eugene John Stem & George R. Ma- STATEMENT OF SlGNlFlCANCE -.. The one hundred and seventy-f ive room Ubel-t Pike Hotel wa's constructed in 1929 at an approximate cost of $1,600,000, The Alberk Pike Hotel reflects "'the affluent decade," the 1920'5, in its elaborateness ad richness of desiqn. The nineteen-twenties was a decade of great pxosperity, as reflected by the garishness of architecture. The hotel is built in the talian-spanish Revival style, made popular in this era by tbe inflnsnco of California. This style is identified by arches, terra-cotta work, natural-einis'n.expsed 'bezm and tiled roofs,' The interiors, also ~eflective of this style, feature elaborate stenciling, leaded and stained-glass taindows and extensive decaratlve tile and izon work. The Albert Pike Hotel is Little Rock's only remaining major exam_3le of the talian-spanish Revival style of architecture, Though only indirectly related to the building itself, the significance of the site on which the Albert Pike Hotel was built is quite impressive. The site and an earlier house located on it played in2aeant roles in nineteenth-century Arkansas, both before and after Ukansas achieved statehood. The block in which the Ubert Pike Hotel is located was occurrid by a house built in 1827 for RoSert Crittenden, Secretary of Arkansas Territory. The Crittenden House. wds one af the first brick residences. to be- eonstruct~d in- &ittle Rock.. Shcrtly :. - after his expensive house was completed, ' crittenden came out on the short end of a political bttle and was removed f rom his off ice. Thi-s loss o f + salary.. coupled with the expense of his house drove hlm close to bankruptcy. Ha attempted to trade the house for ten section of undeveloped land, hoping that the house would becow the Territorial Capitol, but this vas vetoed by Governor John Pop in when Crittenden died in 1834, his mortgage was fdreclose3 and the house was sold to Judge Benjen Johnson. Tk Johnson heirs sold it to Dr. E, v, Demll, whose wife was a great niece of Mrs. Crittenden. Dr. Dewell sold it to Governor James P. Eagle and it becme the official governor's ressence ( ). The Crittenden Hause bras razed in 1920, nine years before the Albert Pike Hotel was built on the site. Still another feature is also reflective of nineteenthcentury Arkansas; this feature is the hotelk same. then plans for the hotel began, it was decided to call it the "Albert Pike Hotel" after one of Arkansas' leading historical figures. Pike, a many-talented man, left his native Pbssaehusetts and arrived in Arkansas in From then until he left Arkansas in 1868, his life and endeavors left their mark on the history of the state. Dcring the early yeass of Pike's life in Arkansas, he achieved renown as teacher, attorney, and newspaperman. Later he gained admission to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, represented the Choctaw ndians in treaty disputes with the United States government, served as brigadier general in the Confederzte zrmy, and sat as a member on the Arkansas Suprerns Court.

5 . firm?ia b-3ma.,.. - [f 7.;) lj W TEl) STB4'rES DEPART~ENT OF THE ETEK OK NATONAL PARK SERVCE NA37ONAX. REGTSTE3 OF HSTORC PLACES '--" XNVEMTORY -- NOMNATON FORM COF1T1 NU ATON Stl EET TEM NUMBER. 8 PAGE.1 - i _ , y>,-.,-.. -! ,. - t f The main significance of the Albert Pike Hotel; though, lies not in the site on. which it stands nor in the man for whom it was i%.ed; rather the real siqnif icance! lies in its vivid reflections of a bygone t h e and an Tch%tecture appropriate to that the. The Albe~ Pike was built -in the. year: 0-f-the great crash, but as! near as crash and depression were, the time was' still the "Roaring mqentiesr' when the hotel was built. t was still a tine of spending, speculation, and naive economic optimism- The lavishness a the hotel's architecture is a kind of social. i art reflecting that time of high living so' soon to end. The hotel's status as a 1 : contemporary structure was short-lived, for the coming of the depression in the - thirties soon gave it the aura of a monument ta the past. -- ' - 1 ' -.,. t 1. -,A- And so the hotel has stood through four and a half decades in its grand and mon-!. - mental reflection of the Twenties. n 1971 the Second Baptist Church of Little, Rgck bought the Albert Pike for $740,000 and made it into a residence hotel, But, it is not the hotel's function which is important, rather it is the splendid appearance of the structure which gives it its architectural and historical signif - icanc e. ". i i

CCDE Arkansas Gazette. May 23, 1928. Arkansas Gazette. October 31, 1971, -... - e Herndon, Dollas T. ~ent~~ial. History of Wkansas. Little Rock: S. J.

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6 CCDE Arkansas Gazette. May 23, Arkansas Gazette. October 31, 1971, e Herndon, Dollas T. ~ent~~ial. History of Wkansas. Little Rock: S. J. Clarke Publishinq Company, 1922, Quapaw Quarter chronicle, Blay/June A ".. i GEOGRAPHCAL DATA -..,*... - ACREAGEOF NOMNATED PROPERTY th&rl 1.-- nrvp. *., -*.-. L: ! r,. _ -. WAORANCLE NAME. - QUAORAMGLE SCALE U TM AEFERLHCES A ~11,~., ~ r ,6(8,4,01 L3,814,4?4,5,01. B ~ J [ ~ 1 [ 1, 1 ~ - > - ---~w 1 NORTHNG ZONE EASTNG NORTH tng ,, VERaAt BOUNDARY DESCFlPTON - - 1, - 1, m LST ALL STATES AND COUNTES FOR PRO PERTES OVERLAPPNG STATEOA COUNTY BOUNDARES STATE,, CODE' COUNTY CUD E STATE CODE CObMTY A ~FOXM PREPARED BY NAME ntle Sandra Taylor Smith, National Register Section ORGANZATON DATE Arkansas Historic Preservation Proqran 9/27/78 STREET& NU,MBEil TELEPHONE Suite 500, Continental Bldg., Main at Markhan Sts. 5Q CTY OR TOWN Little Rock,. - STATE Arkansas STATE HSTOXC... PRESERVATON OFFCER CELSTlFCATON.,, +,, * ' T H??WALUATED ~ SGNFCANCE OFTHS PR3PERfY WlTH!!J THE STATE 15: NATONAL - STATE- LOCALL As [he designared Stars Historic Presemation Officer for the N e tional Historic Preservation Act of j 966 {Public Law ). 1 hereby nominate this propeny far inclusian in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the na:ionaf Park Service.. STATE HSTORC PRESEAVATlON OFFCER SGNAfURE 2WNE BARTLEY T'f LE STATE HXSTORf C PRESERVRTXON OFFCER

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LOCATION NAME CLASSIFICATION LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 2 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ---- Ll STED STXTtS DEPxKTblENT OF THE NTEROR NATONAL PARK SERVCE NATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEVEO NVENTORY -- NOMNATON FORM 2 NAME HSTORC AND/OR COMMON SEE NSTRUCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETE