The City Market and Arcade – Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Interior of the Arcade, 1957. Courtesy of Clifton Hull Photograph Collection, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Little Rock

Aerial view of Little Rock, ca. 1912-1913. From: Calvin Hanna Collection

Mount St. Mary Academy was formerly located in downtown Little Rock, ca. 1890. From: Little Rock Scenes II Photograph Collection

Theodore M. Sanders, architect of the City Market and Arcade. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Pruitt

Kempner Theatre. From: Arkansas Ephemera Collection

George R. Mann, architect for the City Market and Arcade. From: Hugh B. Patterson, Jr., Papers

Map of Little Rock, highlighting the site for the Arcade. From: Map Collection

The
City Market
and Arcade

About the Exhibit

Located in Little Rock's River Market, the Arcade building was inspired by a marketplace torn down in 1960. The story of the original City Market and Arcade, an architectural wonder in its day, depicts the history of downtown Little Rock, illuminating its highs and lows.

About CAHC

UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture offers a collection of resources, including papers, books, photographs, maps, and audio/visual materials, related to history, government, include five former governors and several legislators.

Mission

The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture collects, keeps safe, and makes available Arkansas history that connects people to each other and their shared experiences.

Learn More

The collection is available in the Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History and Art building.

401 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

For more information visit: Research Hours