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1 '?Xw5?XGXY -- NOMENADClX FORM.. -. ' ' 1!; 1 t SEE F!STRUCTONS P HOW TO COMPLflE NATQNALREGSTER FORMS HlsToRrc *Par: Staton.' A?4DlOlCOhlMON ~3n.:~taton or Hs sour Pacfc Staton ST;EET& #UMBEX ?02a;~kham and Vctory..,NOT FOR ~ B L ~ T O N c~.n,rown CONGRES;ONAL DSTRCT.. 'Lttle: Rock -,VCNTY OF - Second STATE, CODE CWNTY CODE - - b,&om PtlBL C ACC1USLTON,N,BENG PA OCESS CONSDEZED STATUS L~~~~~~~~. -VNOCNPED LWORK H PROGRESS ACCESSt3tE -YES: RESTFlltTED LYE% UNRESTRCTED,NO, - f STREET 6 NUMaEF ' P. 0. Box 3295 OW. TWN -.. ~tt'le DL~CAT~UN OF LEGAL DESCRPTON. coua-se. STtEEP C humler SATE Rock - Y!CN~OF ' Arkansas OEEDS. FTc County Cl erkl s Offce ~ uasc l County Courthous t &tv.tchvn ' Lttle Rock. STATF Arkansas c---- DCPJSmJRY.. Cl-C -- Stlnt:;r R;CG;CS :Y. TVff' ST AS E

2 LEXCELLEKT CHECK ONE CHECK ONE,DETERlO?A?ED,UNAtTEHO LORGPJA~ SlTE,GO09 X,RUNS,ALTERCO sxghtly,moved PATE,FAR,L NWPDS~D.re. A :-. ". DESCRMETHE PaESENT AN0 ORGNAL (F KNOWM PHYSCAL APPEARANCE,. r: Bult n crca 1921, replacng z smlar structure of 1911 vntage whch was destroyed by fre, the Unon Staton buldng n Lttle Rock has senred contnuously as a passenger depot on ths ste snce The frst ralroad sewcng the staton was the St. 1,ous and ron Mountan whch began servce n September of The buldng conssts of a f our-story, freproof, masonry constructed buldng of brck, concr$,g*e 2nd steel. Constructon on the buldng commenced n 1920 and was completed n 1RL. t was hstorcally operated as a passenger termnal for the ~saur PacZc 1la%8&d and offce headquarters for the Mssour Pacfc Ralroad Company for the ~rkansk<, - dstrct..the basement has.concrete f lqors and s, dvded n??,.numerous sectzqns and small rooms whch were especally.desgned for, the operaton :.of a passenger rahodd 'sexvce....the basement, contans 31,.341- square feet...the maq flog-r, rjh4ch cont'at;ks 27,133 square feet, was prevously used for passenger servce and ncluded restau.f$nt and dnng facltes. Ths floor s projected by the present smer to house app&x- 1 mately 40 small retal shops whch wll sell unusual and hard-to-get merchandse.."c wll not be a shoppng center n the normal sense, but a boutque center,s~mlax to developments such as Trolley Square n Salt Lake Cty, Ghradell Square 2nd Thd.. '. Cannery n San F~ancsco, and the Chattanooga Choo-Choo n Chattanooga. -., ' rle second flcor, whch contans an dentcal 27,135 square feet, was dvded nto'!; - offc~s for ralroad personnel and are presently under refurbshment to serve as hg~h celnged, sgacous offces uth modern heatng and ar condtonng added. - - a F T!le *LOP floor contans 15,405 square feet, and has been renovated. t 5s present19 r use as a mclcrn offce. floor. The ground floor of the staton has been converted nto - o x large restaurant and one large game area. Both resto~stons hzve preserved the walls, celngs znd support columns of the orgnal staton. The south elevaton-of -the.buldng s ts prncpal facade facng dagonally toward the doknto~m busness secton of Lttle Rock and oblquely toward the State Captol complex, whch s fve blocks to the south, The exteror s a combnaton of brck add' :'skone, uth ornate carvngs, fountans and ornate archways servng as 'the man entratcel.$to the buldng, The orgnal watng room was set off by terrazzo floors and co~umn3'xarbled to the halfway pont of ther heght, joned by marble en the exteror walls df.:t&& buf dng. Extensve plaster mouldng served as the man nteror desgn, whch ha's.been preserved, A kosk, orgnally used as a newsstand and soda fountan, s und&~:~ehtoraton and s beng brought hack as a functonng sodanfountan.. The floor-to-celng nensurement on the man level s 24 feet, and the spacousness of the celng s.:'%.. balanced by proportonal desgn the length and 3readth of the room , The,ground level of the buldng, although orgnal ly a workng basement for the -ra2- road, contafs numerous brck arches, presently unused ppes, and cven a nonfuncthgng 1 stcan bolcr, whch have been ntegrated nto the restoraton of the buldng: -~h'e passenger staton fr hmtrak, whch functons out of the buldng, s beng rebult :,: the basement of the buldng, wth efforts beng made to recreate.the feelng and 1 anbance of a 1920's ral;-oad staton whch acconbnodates the prescnt load factor gofg! acd conn2 from Lttle Rock. Second and thrd f2oors are pr~~cpally unadnmd; boke%-er,! the halls are of terrazzo mtcral, and baths on each floor contan a fbc~al amount of x;lar$lz ~thch was- comon to the era..a,, SC:, C. --.

3 AREAS OF STGE FCAP!CE -- CHECK AND JUSTFY BELOW 4RCHE?)LOGY.?F(EHSTORC,COMhtUNTf PLAKKlfG -LANDSCAPE ARCHTECTURE,RELlGlG:; APCHEOLOGY-H STOAC,cons~~vanow,UYJ,SCENCE ACR~CUL~U RE,EMH6MCS,tlTERATUR,SWLPtUF?L ARCHT ECTUr,EOUCATON -hl Ll TA RY ~OCA~JHUE,~AN~~ARTA~ 4 R T,ENGNEEalMG -MUSC,THSATER X~MMERCE.,EXPLORATON~SEZTCE~~EN~,P~LOSOPHY YTR AP;SPO.?TA~QN COMMUNCATONS ANDUSTRY SUTCS'GOVEA AMEN,ar~~;t,NVENTON rsrtmm - * n lb?3,-the Caro ara Fulton Lnes bult ts "frst.ra.lroad staton. Ths buldng was of w~6d..constnc~on 2nd -was torn down n t was replaces wth the frst Unon 1 Statcn whch was -completed 3n 1911 : -Xz was of +he Second.Empre. style, wth -ts J coxn%ce%-dth $rsckeu, vaguely classc wndo;s and large mansard tower barely vsble over Che roof... - " : n f520, a busnessman from B~rooklyn, New York, Charles S. Fallon,. was f2n&cally opposed to cgarette smokng, publczed that he set fre to the Unon Staton because he was angry about the srnak~tg publc. No menton af legal acton aganst hm was made after that and t s assumed he nade the statement for publcty. The burnng 0% Unon Staton %as the largest braze that had occurred n Lttle Rock's ]-.story at that tne. rmpdately followng the fre, the ralroad establshed offtes n the S. H. Krtss warehouse'hear the depot ste. t was hoped that the three ralroads operatng nto tttle Rock 311d Argenta [Karth Lttle Rock) could be persuaded to unte n usng the sme depot. Ths was where the name "Unon Staton" orgnated. Legal techncaltes a~.d expensve conszructon nade the unon nadvsable, but the name stll s n common use today. lrhen ra.lrcaa& ofecals made known the detals of what the new" staton ~;oufd embod.y, an ardpf ~ c sad t t would requre at least a year to prepare adequate plans for such a st-~e and a lke -perod of tme would be requred for ~cnstrcton. That meant the ra-qfqtd? would be wthout a staton n Lttle Rock for two years. Ths was unthnkable. The -a%ck%tecturap department of the Mssour Pacf5c Ralroad n St.. Loas began preparaatbh;,hf. plans for the varous features of she buldng n the order of ther nportance, ~onskructon was begn zlmost before the nbble and ashes were ceol...? ;-...! h e.general corrtracsor and eght s=bcontractors went to work at a pace whch clpped nne 1 months off the estmated two years desgnng and buldng tme. Snce tmcmploynant was wdespread st the tne,# sklled workers rere easly found. Materals were bought n large! quanttes and shpped to the bugldng ste by xal. More thzn 350 freght cars loaded ~th.~bnldng materals Ear the staton \sere shpped to Lttle Rock wth a prorty 1 ratnk'that gave them frst servce on all trans.. The..pev staton was opened So the publc on Jcly 31, 1921, rctl? a total cnsstructan cost,bf $1 n ~ll on. E. $1- Tuckcr of St. Lous tca~ thc archtect. TE@ orgnal drawngs ' ar8,.k the posscssan of the current oxne-s. 5zfo1-c the demse- of the passeneer sen cc by the 3lssour P~cfc R2l road n 1970,

4 Form so d-300~ Rew 1Y+7G1 1; 3 '1'l.U STA1 ts ULPhK1'31ENT OF TWt K7't:K EUR NA'TONAL PARK SERVCE NATONAL REGSTER OF 4315TTORC PUCE3 NYESTCXY -- PJOMNAXON FOXM CONT NUATON SHEET Descrpton TEM NUMBER j' PAGE 2 An unusual archtectural feature of the buldng s that a crawl space exsts between the man floor and second floor, and between the second and thrd, and thrd floor and roof, whch was desgned nto the buldng to ease the servcng of electrcal and plumbng connectons, lwen the buldng *-as restored from the 1920 fre, the clock tower, whch vas not daaged n the fre, was restored wth the old brck rescued from the fre. On ether sde of the tower, a logga 41'10" x 15' wde was restored for the man entrance nto the lobby area. These were fnshed n marble tlts whch stll reman. The stone trm en the buldng s KO. Bedford lmestone backed up wth whte Portland cement. mortar. Thesxrsrorxnllsaregraypressedbrcktonatchfheexfstngbrckof the 1 structure bult n The exteror brck walls range n thckness from 17'1 to 12". The arched wndows on the frst level and the clock tower are remnscent of the 2Gth 1 Century ralm Revval archtecture. There are seven stone arches along the front oc the buldng whch also relate to the 20th Century talan Revval style. All parttons rere bult wth 4" gypsum blocks; doors were 3'2" x 7', wth columns! 12" x 12" on the upper floors, and 18'" 18'3~1 the basemem level. Hallsays and lobby areas are fnshed n 12" x 12" marble tles. There are sectons of the same 1 marble n the lobby area whch cxrend upward from the floor 8 feet. There are skylghts on the second and thrd floor levels. On the thrd floor, there s a large freproof vault wth heavy metal double doors.

5 t: S*:'F_U STA'l LS Bl<P:\K7 hltst OF 'rf1e N'l'LK UK NATONAL PARK SER'SCE FOR RPS USE OMLY PATE E WERED CONT MU ATON SHEET Sgnfcance TEM NUMBER 8 PAGE Unon Staton was a meetng place of many promnent persons. durng World fzr 11, t was :he pont of departure for soxders from Camp Robnson when ther tranng was completed and they were ready to be shpped to the war zones. The staton was also. " a pont of arrval for the ncomng recruts who would get ther frst taste of 1 the. mltary lfe. The restaurant, located at the west end of the lobby area, wa$ one of the larger eatng establshments n the cty. There was a counter whch was usedfor fast servce and dnng tables whch were used for persons wth more tme to devote to ther dnng. P~esdent Harry S. Truman used the staton as a whstle stop durng hs campagn for 1 hs Eulf term n ofzce. nen Senator Joseph T. Robnson ded n JUG 1937, many of the senators and represenxatves from Washngton, D. C. came by tran to pay ther fnal respects, and came through Unon Staton. The ralroad frst known as the St. Lous, ron Mountan and southern Ralway. The Arkansas branch extended from Lttle Rock to the Esssur state lne n September of t was the man artery for dstrbutng mmgrants and exchange of freght through the Great Southwest terrtory. n 8&83, Gleason's Hotel was located- at the Unon Staton and was known as a "frst class hetel." t was three stores hgh, ZOO', and grounds covered 112 acre. There was anple accommodatons for 50 guests. The dnng room seated 100 and las furnshed n elegant, modern style. There were 22 persons'emplo~ed by the hotel, and, quotng fran Lttle Rock - Past, Present and Future, -- '!The cusne of Gleasonls s however a feature to whch we wsh to gve specal menton. t s all that the mast fastdous epcure or bon vvant could-desre, and has won for ts sumptuously lad tables a very wde reputaton among the travelng publc and that class of persons KO know how to enjoy and apprecate really artstc cookery wth the substantal elements not left our. 'l n 1888, there appears an ad foe the ron Mountan Route '*wth 3 trans daly to St. Lous, Texas and Southwest, wth no change of cars to Los lngeles and San Francsco,'? H. C. To'msend of St. Zous was general passenger and tcket agent; J. A-!foodson of Lttle Rock was assstant general passenger agent- The S90 Gudc to Lttlc Rock statccl tlze ~ oblountan n route crtcred Ax-k;lr;sas n f 853, the populzton of the statc at thnt tne was nbout 200,000, an< by S90 hat1 n:reased? b!

6 f<a l'l.yga~ ;car= ;Flew 0-7s) LS-~L) S'X-TLS D~;PJZ~'X:ST 0 k -rt~t ~':K~OK NATONAL PARK SERVCE FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEVED NATONAL SEGSTEB OF HSTOXC PMCES DATE ENTERED NVENTORY -- NOMNATON FUXM C~NYNUA~ON SHEET Sgnfcance TEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 3 On May 12, 1917, a11 ralroads, lands and other property of the'st. Lous, Tron Mountan and Southern system were sold and deeded to the Mssour Pacfc Rklroad Company. The present Mssour Pacfc staton and yards occupy the same ste used by the Caro and. Fulton hen t frst came to Lttle Rock n The new [present] staton was fnshed n 1921, whch replaced the old staton of the early 1870's.

7 Arkansas Gazette, November 19, 1920 Arkansas Democrat, November 19, 1920 Pulask Kagazne, Vol. 3, No. 5, March 1974 Quapaw Qunrter Chroncles, Vol. 1, Xo. 2, lay ACaFAGE OF NOMN~TEQ PROPERTY 5.6 UTM REFERENCES A W ~ ~ ~ + J ZONE ERSflNG NORTHNG z 7;, NORTHNG VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRPTON BW u u Bounded on the East by Vctoky Street; on the South by rest Markham Street; and-on the Morth'and West by the Mssour Pacfc Ralroad tracks. *Ths locaton s 14'blocks west of Plan Street n Lttle Rock, Arkansas. LST ALL STATES AN13 COUNTES FOR PROPERTES OVERLAPPNG STATE OR COUNTY BOY NDARES.'.*.. %* 1 STATE CODE Arkansas 05 Pulask 119 ' STATE CODE COW NTY CODE wpdrm PXEFARED BY' r;af,te C TTLE OlG4NlZAYON James C. Becknelf, Presdent F~hnrxry 17; s77 Unon Square STREET & NUMB3 TELEPHONE b!arkham E Vctory Streets CTY oa ; w~w STATE Lttle Rock Arkansas 1 4 STATE HSTORC PRESERVATON OFFCER CEBTFCATON THE EVALUATED SGNFCANCE OF THS PRQPERW WTHN THE STATE 1s: DATE F~ATONA~ - + STATE- LOCAL As the dssgnatcd State Hstorc Preservaton Offcsrfor the Natonal H~storc Preservaton Act of 1968 lpume Law ). 1 hereby nomnate ths propeq for ncluson n the Natonal Regster and certfy that t has been evaluated accordng to the crtera and procedures set forth by the Natonat ~ & k.. STATE H!PO.SC?RESCRVklTQN OFFCER SGNATURE =.---, " TTLE state Hstorc Preservaton Offcer D A F ~ 8, E.E ::3Y GElflC 'TH4JHS P80PE2YYqS NCLUDDE DX SHE SATlOhlAt 7ECSTEr.. - DATE ~ELTSR, OFFCE OF ARC~EO~OE~Y AND SSTORtC PRESgd?'lXCO?l.. ZzSS:.. DATE

8 UNTED S?;2TES DEPARTMEN' OF FlATlONAO PARK SERYlCE 1K'rEP,OK NATONAL REGSTER OF XST042JC PLACES BX03ZRTH PHOTOGRAPH FORM NAME HSTORC SEE 1NSTRYCTONS N HOW TO COMPLETE NATOYAL REGSTER FOAMS TYPE ALL ENTRES --ENCLOSE WTH PHOTOGRAPH mpac Statan AHDlOR COMMON a Unon Statan. G, LOCATON an.-rown Lttle Rock vra~ln OF counn Pulask. sta~e Arkansas ' ;a PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDT B O DCUP~ ~ DATE OF PHOTO 1977 ' NEGATlVE:lEO AT Arkansas Hs tdrc Presematan Program ~ESC~~BEVTEW. D~AECTQN. ETC F DSTRCT. GVE BULDNG NAME STREET - PHOTONO. fzcade, vewed from the southeast 1