The Tavern (Little Rock, Arkansas)

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The Tavern
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Location 214 E. 3rd St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′47″N92°15′56″W / 34.74639°N 92.26556°W / 34.74639; -92.26556 Coordinates: 34°44′47″N92°15′56″W / 34.74639°N 92.26556°W / 34.74639; -92.26556
Built 1820 (1820)
NRHP reference # 70000126 [1]
Added to NRHP March 05, 1970

The Tavern, also known as the Jesse Hinderliter House, is a historic tavern house at 214 East 3rd Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story log structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Built c. 1820 and enlarged about 1834, it is believed to be the only surviving building in Little Rock from the state's territorial period. Its interior has exposed log beams with beaded corners, and an original hand-carved mantel. [2]

Little Rock, Arkansas Capital of Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County. It was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center. The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river, named the "Little Rock" by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in the 1720s. The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The city's population was 198,541 in 2016 according to the United States Census Bureau. The six-county Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is ranked 78th in terms of population in the United States with 738,344 residents according to the 2017 estimate by the United States Census Bureau.

Arkansas Territory territory of the USA between 1819-1836

The Territory of Arkansas, initially organized as the Territory of Arkansaw, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1819, until June 15, 1836, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for The Tavern" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-07.