Union Life Building

United States historic place


Union Life Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°44′49″N 92°16′23″W / 34.74694°N 92.27306°W / 34.74694; -92.27306
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1911 (1911)
Architect	George R. Mann
Architectural style	Chicago
NRHP reference No.	81000141^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 25, 1981

The Union Life Building is an eleven-story high-rise at 212 Center Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. It was designed by Arkansas architect George R. Mann in the style of the Chicago school, and was built 1911–16. It is T-shaped in footprint, with brick curtain-wall construction on all sides except the main facade, which is faced in terra cotta tile and glass. The first two levels of the facade are crowned by an ornate cornice, its second-level segmented-arch windows echoed in windows and an arch design at the top of the building. It is Little Rock's only major example of Chicago style commercial architecture.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Union Life Building". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-19.