Healey and Roth Mortuary Building explained

Healey and Roth Mortuary Building
Coordinates:34.7406°N -92.2714°W
Area:less than one acre
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, 2nd Renaissance Revival
Added:December 22, 1982
Refnum:82000899

The Healey and Roth Mortuary Building is a historic commercial building located at 815 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick structure, with a combination of Classical and Renaissance Revival features, designed by Sanders & Ginocchio and built in 1925. Its five-bay facade is divided into three sections by pilasters, the central three-bay section including the main entrance. The entrance is set in a stone surround, with pilasters rising to a segmented-arch pediment.[1]

The third and final Main Street location of Healey and Roth Funeral Home, the building housed the funeral home until 1964[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The exterior of the building appeared as the front of the newspaper office setting in the second season of the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Healey and Roth Mortuary Building. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-12-02.
  2. Web site: Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth Funeral Home Funeral & Cremation . 2022-11-02 . Dignity Memorial . en.