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1908

In 1908, a new Little Rock City Hall opened at the corner of Markham and Broadway Streets; the building still serves as City Hall.

1926

The fourteen (14)-story Donaghey Building became Little Rock’s first skyscraper when it opened in 1926.

The Little Rock Zoo was founded in 1926 when an abandoned bear and wolf were left in Little Rock after a circus left.

1927

In 1927, the new Little Rock Senior High School opened on Park Street.

1941

In 1941, the airfield was named Adams Field for Captain George Geyer Adams, a former Little Rock Alderman who served in the 154th Observation Squadron, Arkansas National Guard, and was killed in an accident at the field.

1942

In March 1942, the park was renamed MacArthur Park, in honor of General Douglas MacArthur, who was born there.

1975

The History commission was established by city ordinance in 1975.

1989

Mayor Patrick Henry Hays revived the commission in 1989, and two years later, Sandra Taylor Smith was hired as Director.

1993

With archives stored at the William F. Laman Library at 2801 Orange Street, the commission opened an office in 1993 in the historic Barth-Hempfling House at 507 Main Street.

1999

In 1999, the commission’s offices and archives were moved to the historic Park Hill Water Company building at 3427 Magnolia Street.

2000

In the year 2000, “Water for Our Future: Overcoming Regional Paralysis,” a study by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, marked the beginning of a new era in inter-local cooperation and the concept of metropolitan services for the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock.

2003

The offices and archives moved again in 2003 to the second floor of the historic fire station and city hall building at 506 Main Street.

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