Tag Archives: George R. Mann

April 8 Architeaser

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MannonMainThis is one of the architectural flourishes on this building at 317 Main Street.  Designed by architect George R. Mann, the building was built in 1906 as the flagship of the Gus Blass Department Store.  It operated in that capacity until 1972.  It later served as a bank facility until the late 1990s.  Now it is the anchor of a redevelopment on Main Street.  It is now known as Mann on Main, in tribute to the architect who designed not only this building but many others downtown.

This building is one of Little Rock’s most architecturally significant buildings and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

April 5 Architeaser

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IMG_4706The above rounded glass blocks are from the Main Street structure now commonly called the Boyle Building.   Built in 1909 as the State National Bank Building, by 1916 it became known as the Boyle Building.  The 12-story, approximately 100,000 square foot building was designed by Little Rock architect George R. Mann.  It was the tallest building in the state from 1909 until the Donaghey building was completed in 1926.

 

April 3 Architeaser

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ArkGazToday’s Architeaser is a corner of the 1908 Arkansas Gazette building.  Now part of the eSTEM campus, from 1908 through 1991, it was home to the Pulitzer prize winning Arkansas Gazette.

The building was designed by Little Rock architect George R. Mann.  In 1976 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

 

Architeaser June 28

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Yesterday’s Architeaser was the awning on the 1911 George Mann designed Centre Place Building.  The building is Beaux Arts meets Chicago in style. The awning is simpler – cast iron painted brown with few decorations – when contrasted with other awnings of the time period which are still extant in Little Rock.  One of the unique features of this awning is that it is affixed to the building by chains instead of cables or rods.

Here is today’s double decker Architeaser.

Architeaser – June 12

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Yesterday’s Architeaser was a cornice on the eastern exterior of the Arkansas State Capitol building. The building was completed in 1915 though it was first occupied in 1911. It was based on a design by architect George Mann though other architects and contractors were involved in modifications during the 16 year construction period.  The exterior is largely limestone quarried in Batesville.

Here is today’s Architeaser, which shows the wonders that glass can do in reflecting and refracting images when used in architecture.

Architeaser – June 4

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Yesterday’s Architeaser featured wrought iron dragons which grace the doorways to the Pulaski County Courthouse on Markham Street.  There are three sets of these dragons which were incorporated to the George Mann designed structure.

Here, for today, is another set of mythical creatures.

Architeaser May 31

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May’s penultimate Architeaser was one of the helmeted heads which overlook doors to the Pulaski County Courthouse.   Like the May 29 Genies and Union Life Building, the Courthouse and helmeted heads were the brainchild of George R. Mann.  The courthouse was an expansion of the original 1880s courthouse which this adjoins.  Mann did not try to duplicate the architecture of the original structure but instead built an impressive neo-classical “governmental” building which has a more timeless look than the original structure.

Here is today’s Architeaser.