Anthony House (Little Rock, Arkansas) Explained

Anthony House
Former Names:	American Hotel
Status:	destroyed
Building Type:	Hotel
Location:	Little Rock, Arkansas
Namesake:	James C. Anthony
Coordinates:	34.7478°N -92.2694°W
Material:	Brick
Floor Count:	3
Other Dimensions:	across x
Number Of Rooms:	22

The Anthony House was a famous 22 room hotel on the southwest corner of Markham and Scott streets in Little Rock, Arkansas. Construction on the hotel began in 1839.^[1] It served as the headquarters for Governor Elisha Baxter during the 1874 Brooks–Baxter War.^[2] The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1875.^[3]

Further reading

• Hampton, Roy F., and Witsell, Charles. (1984). How We Lived: Little Rock as an American City. Little Rock, AR: August House.
• Kent, Carolyn. (2012). The Anthony House, a Memorable Little Rock Hotel of the 19th Century. Pulaski County Historical Review 60 (Summer 2012): pp. 42–50.
• Kent, Carolyn. (2016). Anthony House. Encyclopedia of Arkansas.

Notes and References

1. Book: Pope, William F. . Pope . Dunbar H. . 1895 . Early Days in Arkansas; Being for the Most Part the Personal Recollections of an Old Settler . Introduction by Sam W. Williams . Little Rock, Ark. . . 255 . rc01001258 . 1042982348 . 23296431M.
2. Book: Graves . John . Town and Country: Race Relations in an Urban-Rural Context, Arkansas, 1865–1905 . 1990 . University of Arkansas Press . 978-1-68226-138-5 . 45 . 28 January 2021 . en.
3. Book: Fletcher . John Gould . Carpenter . Lucas . Arkansas . 1989 . University of Arkansas Press . 978-1-55728-040-4 . 112 . 28 January 2021 . en.