Porbeck & Bowman Building, Little Rock, Arkansas
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| Porbeck & Bowman Building | |
| Location | Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
| Date | to 1882 |
| Building Type | Commercial Building |
| Construction System | timber frame, brick |
| Climate | Hot Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Architectural Style | Vernacular |
| Street Address | 400 block of E Markham St Walk Score |
| Notes | Also known as Concordia Hall, after the second-story event space for the Concordia Association, a Jewish community organization established in 1864. The building is now a part of the Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas and contains ground-floor exhibit space for the Concordia Hall Museum. |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | William Probst and Max Hilb |
| Stories | 3 |
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| Building Modification (2009) | |
| Arkansas Studies Institute | |
| Designer | Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects, Ltd., Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
| Date | to 2009 |
| Modification Type | Adaptive Reuse, Renovation, Addition |
| Building Type | Library |
| Construction System | varies |
| Architectural Style | Varies |
| Notes | Together with the Geyer & Adams Building and 22,000 square feet of new construction, this building comprises part of the Arkansas Studies Institute. |
| Building Details | |
| Client | Central Arkansas Library System; University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| Area | 71,000 square feet (22,000 new; 49,000 renovated existing) |
| Stories | 3 |
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[edit] References
- Concordia Hall at University of Central Arkansas wiki.
- "AIA/ALA Library Awards 2011", by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 518, 2011.0518, p N1.1.
[edit] External Links
- Brief mention at East Harding web site.
- Brief description at Arkansas Studies Institute web site.
