The Zeb Ward Building is a historic commercial building located at 1001–1003 West Markham Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story masonry structure, with cast iron storefront surrounds and otherwise brick construction. The building has vernacular commercial Italianate style, with narrow windows at the upper level set in segmented-arch and round-arch openings with brick headers. Its front facade is topped by a stepped parapet. It was built in 1881 by Zeb Ward, and was probably built by prison labor, with its bricks fabricated in the prison yard. Zeb Ward was at the time of its construction the lessee and operator of the Arkansas State Penitentiary.[2]

Zeb Ward Building
Zeb Ward Building is located in Arkansas
Zeb Ward Building
Location in Arkansas
Zeb Ward Building is located in the United States
Zeb Ward Building
Location in United States
Location1001-1003 W. Markham St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′57″N 92°16′52″W / 34.74917°N 92.28111°W / 34.74917; -92.28111
Arealess than one acre
Built1881 (1881)
ArchitectWard, Zeb
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.78000626[1]
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1978

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[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 Zeb Ward Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-23.