Tower Building, Historic building in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
The Tower Building is an eighteen-story commercial skyscraper at 323 Center Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. Designed in the International style by F. Eugene Withrow and Harold A. Berry, it has curtain walls of windows on its north and south facades, blank brick walls on the east and west, and an elevator tower projecting from the south side.
Built in 1959–60, the Tower Building was the tallest building in Arkansas when completed. It was designed by Little Rock architect F. Eugene Withrow with Dallas architect Harold A. Berry in the International style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The Tower Building's name comes from the elevator tower that projects from its south facade, a visible feature from Center Street. Its International style design by F. Eugene Withrow and Harold A. Berry marked a shift toward modern office architecture in downtown Little Rock. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The Tower Building stands at 323 Center Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, an eighteen-story office skyscraper. Its window curtain walls face north and south, while the east and west sides are blank brick, and the elevator tower projects from the south facade. Visitors see these features from the surrounding downtown streets.
The elevator tower projecting from the south facade is often mistaken for the building's main entrance; the actual lobby faces Center Street. The Tower Building was the first in Arkansas to use composite steel frame construction, a method that let it rise to eighteen stories in 1959–60.
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