Banks and business blocks in Little Rock
This tour visits the commercial core, with banks, business blocks, stores and exchange buildings. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1881 to 1964. 11 stops, 1.6 miles end to end. One stop is a historic district rather than a single building.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Winchester Auto Store323 W 8th St.Building · built 1947 · listed 2019start
- 2Pfeifer Brothers Department Store522-524 S. Main St.Building · listed 20000.2 mi from stop 1
- 3Worthen Bank Building401 Main St.Building · listed 19860.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Main Street Commercial DistrictThe 300 block of Main St bounded by E 3rd on the N and E 4th on the SHistoric district · listed 2010250 ft from stop 3
- 5Exchange Bank Building423 Main St.Building · listed 1986129 ft from stop 4
- 6Federal Reserve Bank Building123 W. Third St.Building · listed 1986same block from stop 5
- 7Blass, Gus, Department Store318--324 Main St.Building · listed 1986220 ft from stop 6
- 8Federal Reserve Bank Building (Boundary Increase)123 W. 3rd St.Building · listed 20090.2 mi from stop 7
- 9Old Post Office Building and Customhouse2nd and Spring Sts.Building · built 1881 · listed 19730.1 mi from stop 8
- 10Block Realty Building723 W Markham St.Building · built 19640.3 mi from stop 9
- 11Stowers, Dan, Office Building1516 W. 3rd St.Building · listed 20150.6 mi from stop 10
1.6 straight-line miles over 10 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 11 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Little Rock
- The work of Charles L. Thompson and associates in Little Rock15 stops · 1.0 milesThe record behind every stop attributes it to Charles L. Thompson and associates. Colonial Revival is the label that recurs most across them.
- Neoclassical architecture in Little Rock11 stops · 2.1 milesNeoclassical buildings borrow the columns, pediments and symmetry of Greek and Roman temples. The Little Rock examples on this route went up between 1900 and 1932.
- Colonial Revival houses in Little Rock15 stops · 2.2 milesColonial Revival reworks the symmetry, shutters and classical doorways of American colonial building.
- Churches and temples in Little Rock11 stops · 1.9 milesThe route links churches built between 1878 and 1921. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
- Schools and libraries in Little Rock10 stops · 2.4 milesThe route links schools built between 1905 and 1929. Some are still in use for teaching and some have been converted to other work.
Local history books for Little Rock
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- Remembering Arkansas Confederates and the 1911 Little Rock Veterans ReunionRay Hanley, 2006Find at Bookshop.org
Arkansas travel guides
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