300 W. Markham St., Little Rock, Arkansas. County/parish: Pulaski.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 03, 1969. NRIS 69000037.
3 contributing buildings.
The Old State House, formerly called the Arkansas State House, is the oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River. It was the capitol building of Arkansas from 1842 to 1912, when the new Arkansas State Capitol was completed.
It was the site of the secession convention, as well as the fourth constitutional convention when delegates agreed to ensure voting rights for freedmen and establish public education.
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