Winter of 2008 - Roadtrip

Friday 18 January 2008

We left Little Rock AFB,

Church that we always see from the highway

Bridge in North Little Rock

and I took us around downtown Little Rock for a little bit, and took photos of the Clinton Library

Clinton library

Information on the Clinton Library

Following the Little Rock River Rail Streetcar

and buildings in downtown Little Rock

Taikwondo Emblem: The H.U. Lee gate at Statehouse Convention Center

Convention Center

Old State House Museum

Joseph Taylor Robinson Memorial Auditorium

City Hall

and the Capitol building.

Approaching the Capitol

The Capitol Building stands 230 feet tall featuring a circular central drum tower that is capped with a dome and cupola.

I took photos as we drove down the street toward it.

Closer

The building was built over a century ago as a replica of the US Capitol and has been used in many movies as the US Capitol stand in.

Arkansas Capitol

The construction started in 1899 with George Mann and ended in 1915 with Cass Gilbert. Located on the grounds are several monuments including monuments to veterans, police, Confederate soldiers, Confederate women and a Confederate war prisoners marker.

Mount Holly Cemetery gate

Central Methodist and St Andrew steeples

After that we drove around Little Rock history district,

Villa Maree

Villa Maree was built in the Second Empire architectural style that also boasts Italianate influences. The main feature of the home, the mansard roof, is both eye-catching and breathtaking and is adorned with multi-colored rectangular slates that are intertwined, creating a decorative fish-scale motif.

Villa Maree

Built in 1881 by Angelo Marre (pronounced “marie”), Angelo was elected an alderman and was president of Edison Electric, according to several sources that document such things. The house has had at least two notable occupants: Jeff Davis, a Governor of Arkansas, and Edgar Burton Kinsworthy, a state attorney general and long-serving state senator. The house which is in the Quapaw Quarter was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Villa Maree

The home was used for exterior shots of Sugarbaker & Associates Interior Design on the television series Designing Women.

St Andrew Catholic Church

Emoba’s Haunted Cathedral

Then we went to the Central High School National Historic Site.