MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History (Little Rock, Arkansas)

 arsenal / weapon and ammunition storage, museum, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, American Civil War 1861-1865, military museum

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503 East 9th Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 376-4602
www.littlerock.org/parksrecreation/arkmilitaryheritage/

Historic former military arsenal (now a military museum) listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1840
Areas of significance: Military
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Old Arsenal; Museum of Science and Natural History; Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal; U.S. Arsenal Building (NRHP name)
Date added to NRHP: 7/28/1970
Other designations: contributing property to the MacArthur Park Historic District
Notes: This arsenal was used by the Confederate Army during the Civil War in both the storage and manufacture of ammunition, and was the starting point of the Confederacy\'s Camden Expedition. The Union Army also used the building in the same capacity when they captured Little Rock. Besides its Civil War significance, the arsenal is also notable as the 1880 birthplace of Douglas MacArthur, who would gain fame as a five-star general and one of the foremost military figures in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Today, this is the only remaining building of the original arsenal complex.