Yesterday’s Architeaser was a lion on the side of the building at 421 Main Street. It is currently being renovated.
Continuing in animal vein — here is another stone sentry but this one is of the avian variety.
Category Archives: Design
Architeaser – April 15
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.
Sculpture Vulture: Brookin Memorial in Mount Holly
The Pulitzer Prizes are announced tomorrow. Two previous Pulitzer Prize winners are buried in Mt. Holly – poet John Gould Fletcher and publisher J. N. Heiskell. With an eye toward the Pulitzers as well as some of the sculpture in Mt. Holly, today the Sculpture Vulture focuses on a statue which honors the memory of Little Rock firefighter Henry C. Brookin.
The sculpture depicts a firefighter in a helmet holding a hose. On the base is the inscription “Erected by the Volunteer Firemen of Little Rock to the memory of Henry C. Brookin. Born Mar. 23, 1852, Died Mar. 11, 1891. He Was Killed Responding.”
The statue, forged in metal, is only a couple of feet tall but stands on a stone pedestal of approximately four feet tall. It marks Mr. Brookin’s grave. It is the only metal statue in the cemetery and the only one which does not depict an angel, child or religious figure.
Architeaser – April 14
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.
Architeaser – April 13
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.
QQA events tonight and Monday
This is a busy weekend for the Quapaw Quarter Association.
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.The newly-reopened Villa Marre is sponsoring the event. This facility has been refurbished and is now available for special events.
Friday, April 13
6:00-9:00 p.m.
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Villa Marre, 1321 Scott Street
$30 per person in advance, $35 at the door.
Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.
Purchase tickets at www.quapaw.com; at Historic Curran Hall, 615 East Capitol Avenue; or by calling 501.371.0075.
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
6:30 Keep the conversation going at Lulav Eatery, 220 West 6th Street. Lulav will offer a 25% discount to those who attend Preservation Conversations.
Normally the Preservation Conversations take place at the QQA headquarters at Curran Hall. This month only, it will be at the Jeffrey Hawkins Conference Room in the Pulaski County Regional Center, 501 West Markham Street (across the street from Little Rock City Hall).
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.
Architeaser – April 12
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.
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