Capital Hotel (Little Rock, Arkansas) | NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, Italianate style (architecture)

 hotel, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, Italianate style (architecture)

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111 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 374-7474
capitalhotel.com/

Historic hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1872
Expanded: 1876-1877 (fourth story added and building converted from offices into a hotel)
Architectural style: Italianate
Areas of significance: Architecture; Politics/Government
Area: less than 1 acre
Stories: 4
Also known as: Denckla Building
Date added to NRHP: 7/30/1974
Notes: In addition to its grand architecture, the Capital Hotel has also played host to many important political figures and events. Arkansas political campaigns have frequently used the hotel as a headquarters and meeting place, and President Ulysses S. Grant was known to have stayed here while traveling as well. In 1874, before the building became a hotel (when it was known as the Denckla Building), it was the epicenter of the Brooks-Baxter War, an armed conflict that erupted as a result of the disputed 1872 Arkansas gubernatorial race. President Grant sent federal troops to keep the conflict under control, and they stayed in the building, which also served as the dividing line between the two parties.