The Arkansas Capitol is one stop in the Galaxie’s continuing journey to photograph America’s state capitol buildings. This page is ready to grow as new photographs and stories are added.
Arkansas Capitol
Reference photograph and information from Wikipedia.
The Galaxie at the Capitol
The 1966 Galaxie at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock.
Capitol and Capital City History
The Arkansas State Capitol was constructed between 1899 and 1915 in the Neoclassical style, with a limestone exterior and a prominent dome modeled in the broad tradition of the U.S. Capitol. It replaced the smaller Old State House as government expanded.
Little Rock became the territorial capital in 1821. Its position near the geographic center of Arkansas and its location on the Arkansas River made it more accessible and commercially promising than the earlier territorial seat at Arkansas Post.