Tower Building (Little Rock, Arkansas)

The Tower Building is a commercial eighteen-story skyscraper at 323 Center Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. Built in 1959–60, it was the tallest building in the state at the time of its completion, and the state's first instance of composite steel frame construction. It was designed by Little Rock architect F. Eugene Withrow and Dallas, Texas architect Harold A. Berry in the International style. It has curtain walls of windows on its north and south facades, and blank brick walls on the east and west, with the elevator tower projecting from its southern facade.[2]

Tower Building
Tower Building (Little Rock, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Tower Building (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Tower Building (Little Rock, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Tower Building (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Location in United States
Location323 Center St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′44″N 92°16′24″W / 34.74556°N 92.27333°W / 34.74556; -92.27333
Arealess than one acre
Built1959 (1959)
NRHP reference No.11000692[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 2011

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Tower Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-17.