Yesterday’s Architeaser featured Byrne Hall on the St. John’s campus in the Heights. The building currently houses the offices of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. Yesterday the ASO concluded the 2011-2012 MasterWorks series. This evening at the Clinton Presidential Center, this year’s final River Rhapsodies Chamber Concert will be held at 7pm.
This week we will look at some of the animals in Little Rock which are not at the Little Rock Zoo.
Yesterday’s Architeaser concluded Capital week with a column capital at Robinson Center Music Hall. The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is playing there this weekend.
Today’s architeaser is below.
Yesterday’s Architeaser featured one of the columns from the original 1910 Carnegie library which once stood in downtown. When it was torn down in the early 1960s, the columns were removed and ended up in private ownership. They were recently donated to the Central Arkansas Library System and now stand on the main campus in downtown.
Capital week concludes with the columns below.
Yesterday’s Architeaser was from the front of the Old State House. Originally it was intended to have six columns on the front and six columns on the back. By the time it was built there were only four columns on the front and four on the back. During an expansion, the entrance on the Arkansas River side was closed off, so now all that remain are the four columns which face Markham Street.
Today’s column capital is featured below.
Tonight the QQA returns to their former headquarters, the Villa Marre, for a special event. The Quapaw Quarter Association’s 48th Spring Tour of Homes is just around the corner, May 12-13. We are so excited about this year’s tour that we’re having a preview party at the recently reopened Villa Marre. Join us for cocktails and hors d’oevres, a fun fashion show from Vintage Socialite, and learn more about the Spring Tour.
On Monday, April 16, as part of the monthly Preservation Conversations, the QQA will be screening the film The Greenest Building, a film by Wagging Tale Productions, Inc.
5:00-5:30 wine and beer
5:30-6:30 View the film
Preservation Conversations are free and open to the public.
The Quapaw Quarter Association’s mission is to promote the preservation of Little Rock’s architectural heritage through advocacy, marketing and education.
Incorporated in 1968, the QQA grew out of an effort to identify and protect significant historic structures in Little Rock during the urban renewal projects of the early 1960s. Throughout its existence, the QQA has been a driving force behind historic preservation in Greater Little Rock.
Visit www.Quapaw.com for more information.
Yesterday’s Architeaser featured an Ionic column at the Arkansas State Capitol building. There are columns along the facade of the building as well as on the dome. Yesterday’s Capitol capital was from the east face on the building.
Today’s Architeaser features a Doric column.
Yesterday’s Architeaser featured one of the painted Corinthian columns at the Capital Hotel.
Today’s Capital is another Ionic one.
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