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Pre-Statehood Structures Still Standing in Little Rock, Arkansas

ABOVE: An aerial view (1939-1941) and architectural drawing of the Arkansas Territorial Restoration Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. These pictures can be viewed inside the main building of the museum (Copyright©2000 Arkansas Territorial Restoration Museum).

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Arkansas Territorial Restoration Museum. The Arkansas Territorial Restoration is a historic site museum of Arkansas' frontier days—five pre-Civil War houses, on their original block, are restored to antebellum appearances. Guided tours of the historic houses encounter actors portraying original residents. Changing historical exhibits in the Reception Center feature the museum's outstanding collection of Arkansas-made decorative, mechanical, and fine arts objects.

The Arkansas Territorial Restoration, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, is accredited by the American Association of Museums (See About the Museum).

Only two of the five buildings at the museum's site date in the pre-statehood era—the Hinderliter Grog Shop and the Woodruff series of buildings. The Pemberton Log House also dates before 1836, but it is not an original Little Rock structure, having been moved from Scott County in 1976 to its current location across the street to the north from the museum's block of homes.

The Links below will take you to three of the earliest structures at the museum:

Hinderliter Grog Shop

Woodruff House

Brownlee House