Pfeifer Brothers Department Store

The Pfeifer Brothers Department Store is a historic commercial building at 522-24 South Main Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large three story brick structure, with load bearing brick walls and internal steel framing. The ground floor is lined with commercial plate glass display windows, separated by brick pilasters capped with capitals made of terra cotta.

Pfeifer Brothers Department Store
Location522-524 S. Main St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′34″N 92°16′16″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1899 (1899)
Built byLasker Brothers
ArchitectCharles L. Thompson
Architectural styleRomanesque
Part ofCapitol-Main Historic District (ID11001050)
NRHP reference No.00000464[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 18, 2000
Designated CPApril 2, 2012

Entrances appear on facades facing both Main and Sixth Streets. Above the third-floor windows on the Main Street facade there are round-arch elements with small round windows above, while the Sixth Street facade has corbelled brick elements in the same area. Built in 1899 by the Lasker Brothers to a design by Charles L. Thompson, it was for many years home to the Pfeifer Brothers store, one of the city's leading department stores.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Pfeifer Brothers Department Store" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-19.


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