BPOE Elks Club (Little Rock, Arkansas)

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Location4th and Scott Sts., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′44″N92°16′9″W / 34.74556°N 92.26917°W / 34.74556; -92.26917 Coordinates: 34°44′44″N92°16′9″W / 34.74556°N 92.26917°W / 34.74556; -92.26917
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
ArchitectTheo Saunders
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, 2nd Renaissance Revival
MPS Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference No. 82000880 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1982

The BPOE Elks Club is a historic social club meeting house at 4th and Scott Streets in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a handsome three-story brick building, with Renaissance Revival features. It was built in 1908 to a design by Theo Saunders. Its flat roof has an extended cornice supported by slender brackets, and its main entrance is set in an elaborate round-arch opening with a recessed porch on the second level above. Ground-floor windows are set in rounded arches, and are multi-section, while second-floor windows are rectangular, set above decorative aprons supported by brackets. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for BPOE Elks Club". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-02.