Fred W. Parris Towers
The Fred W. Parris Towers are a residential apartment highrise at 1800 South Broadway Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Built in 1972, it is a fourteen-story skyscraper, with a steel frame clad in masonry, housing 250 residential units. It was designed by Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson for the city as public senior housing, and exemplifies a design principle espoused by Le Corbusier known as the "tower in a park", with a large landscaped green area surrounding the building.[2]
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| Location | 1800 S. Broadway St., Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°43′53″N 92°16′43″W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1971 |
| Architect | Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson |
| Architectural style | International Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 100000707[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 2017 |
The apartments were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Fred W. Parris Towers" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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