Governor's Mansion Historic District
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The Governor's Mansion Historic District is a historic district
in Little Rock, Arkansas
. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1978 and its borders were increased in 1988 and again in 2002.
It includes Arkansas Governor's Mansion
. The 1978 listing covered a 65 acres (26.3 ha) area bounded by the Mansion grounds, 13th, Center, Gaines, and 18th Streets. It includes the Deane House, separately listed on the NRHP. It included a total of 133 contributing buildings with representation of Colonial Revival
, Late Victorian, and Bungalow/Craftsman architecture.
The 1988 boundary increase added a 224.5 acres (90.9 ha) area including 473 contributing buildings, roughly bounded by Louisiana St., Twenty-Third St. & Roosevelt Rd., Chester and State Sts., & Thirteenth & Twelfth Sts.
It included work designed by architect Charles L. Thompson
and others and included representation of Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture, and Late Victorian architecture.
It included the Winfield Methodist Church, the Hotze House, the Turner-Ledbetter House, and the First Church of Christ, Scientist (Little Rock, Arkansas)
, which are separately listed on the NRHP.
The 2002 increase added 12 contributing buildings in a 4.8 acres (1.9 ha) area located roughly along Louisiana Ave., from W. 23rd St. and 24th St. That included work designed by architects Charles L. Thompson
and Theodore M. Samders, in architectural styles including Queen Anne and Colonial Revival
.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
in Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1978 and its borders were increased in 1988 and again in 2002.
It includes Arkansas Governor's Mansion
Arkansas Governor's Mansion
The Arkansas Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the Governor of Arkansas and his family. The mansion is located at 1800 Center Street in Little Rock, and is included in the Governor's Mansion Historic District, a district that is listed on the National Register of Historic...
. The 1978 listing covered a 65 acres (26.3 ha) area bounded by the Mansion grounds, 13th, Center, Gaines, and 18th Streets. It includes the Deane House, separately listed on the NRHP. It included a total of 133 contributing buildings with representation of Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
, Late Victorian, and Bungalow/Craftsman architecture.
The 1988 boundary increase added a 224.5 acres (90.9 ha) area including 473 contributing buildings, roughly bounded by Louisiana St., Twenty-Third St. & Roosevelt Rd., Chester and State Sts., & Thirteenth & Twelfth Sts.
It included work designed by architect Charles L. Thompson
Charles L. Thompson
Charles L. Thompson and associates is an architectural group that has worked in Arkansas since the late 1800s and continues to this day, now as Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc.. This article is about Thompson's and associates work as part of one architectural group and its predecessor and...
and others and included representation of Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture, and Late Victorian architecture.
It included the Winfield Methodist Church, the Hotze House, the Turner-Ledbetter House, and the First Church of Christ, Scientist (Little Rock, Arkansas)
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Little Rock, Arkansas)
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 2000 South Louisiana Street, in the Governor's Mansion Historic District in Little Rock, Arkansas, is an historic structure that on October 4, 1984, was added to the National Register of Historic Places...
, which are separately listed on the NRHP.
The 2002 increase added 12 contributing buildings in a 4.8 acres (1.9 ha) area located roughly along Louisiana Ave., from W. 23rd St. and 24th St. That included work designed by architects Charles L. Thompson
Charles L. Thompson
Charles L. Thompson and associates is an architectural group that has worked in Arkansas since the late 1800s and continues to this day, now as Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc.. This article is about Thompson's and associates work as part of one architectural group and its predecessor and...
and Theodore M. Samders, in architectural styles including Queen Anne and Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
.