The Federal Building of Little Rock, Arkansas is located at 700 West Capitol Avenue, adjacent to the Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Post Office and Courthouse. It is a large seven-story Modern structure, occupying an entire city block, built in 1962 to the designs of the local firms of Swaim & Allen & Associates and Ginocchio, Cromwell & Associates. Utilizing modern curtain-wall construction, its exterior (on all four sides) is dominated on the upper floors by a narrow windows separated by limestone spandrels. The south-facing main entrance is recessed, consisting of several pairs of double doors, with flanking gold-colored grillwork.[2] The building was built by Robert E. McKee General Contractor, Inc. of Dallas, Texas.[3]
Federal Building | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 700 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°44′43″N 92°16′44″W / 34.74528°N 92.27889°W |
| Area | 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) |
| Built | 1961 |
| Architect | Swaim & Allen & Associates Ginocchio, Cromwell & Associates |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000206[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 5, 2015 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Federal Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ^ "The Courier News 21 Sep 1959, page Page 3". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-12-19.