Pettaway in Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Lincoln Building
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 5, 2022
1. Lincoln Building Marker
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Erected by Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Department of Arkansas Heritage.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.
Location. 34° 44.068′ N, 92° 16.373′ W. Marker is in Little Rock, Arkansas, in Pulaski County. It is in Pettaway. It is at the intersection of Main Street and East 15th St, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1423 Main St, Little Rock AR 72202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Quapaw Homeland. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: William L. Terry House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Angelo Marre House (about 600 feet away); Winfield Methodist Church (about 600 feet away); Rozelle-Murphy House (about 700 feet away); The Chisum House (about 800 feet away); Clara McDiarmid (approx. 0.2 miles away); McDiarmid House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Turner-Ledbetter House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Little Rock.
Regarding Lincoln Building. Excerpt
this page online
The Lincoln Building was constructed c. 1905 by local drug wholesaler C. J. Lincoln as a real estate investment (his own business was housed elsewhere). City directories reveal that the two separate first floor retail spaces originally housed a butcher shop at the 1423 Main Street address and Dawson's Drug Store at the 1425 Main Street address, a business that remained at this location until 1968. The second story was always intended to serve as living space. Originally laid out in three separate apartments, these rooms were transformed into a rooming house arrangement by the 1940's (certain undocumented folklore claims that these rooms also served as a brothel at some point in time).
Also see . . .
1. Lincoln Building (PDF). National Register nomination for the commercial building, which was listed in 1994. (National Archives) (Submitted on November 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Lincoln Building. The Lincoln Building was the first commercial structure in the South Main Street Commercial Historic District. (Jerry L. Shue Sr., Encyclopedia of Arkansas) (Submitted on November 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 5, 2022
2. Lincoln Building Marker
R. Baldwin via Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (Public Domain), April 1994
3. The Lincoln Building
View from the southwest.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 192 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on November 28, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
