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The Belvedere

Located on the Riverfront, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

An Arkansas Sesquicentennial Project

Dedicated October 1986

 

The commemorative Belvedere is a City of Little Rock project celebrating the state

sesquicentennial.  A Belvedere is a Pavilion with a beautiful view.  The commemorative

Belvedere overlooks the natural beauty of the Arkansas River upon whose heritage our

city is built.

 

The Belvedere commemorates the tradition of service created by many businesses, schools,

churches, and civic organizations.  Together, these "Pillars" of the community have

collectively built our city, our economy, and our pride.  Plaques on each pillar honor

organizations of 50, 75, and 100 years of continuous operation as of August 31, 1985.

 

The same spirit that built Little Rock built the Belvedere: ingenuity, hard work,

community pride, generosity, and vision.  The goal was worthy of the effort.  The Belvedere

symbolizes and cherishes the contributions made over the years by organizations dedicated

to excellence in themselves and in their city.

 

A city is known by its aspirations.  In 1986 the City of Little Rock aspired to honor its past. 

By celebrating our past, we hope the Belvedere inspires a tradition committed to community

excellence.

Schools

100 Years

Garland School

St. Edward's School

Mount Saint Mary Academy

Philander Smith College

Ark. School for the Deaf

Ark. School for the Blind

Righsell Elementary School

 

75 Years

Mitchell Elementary School

Woodruff Primary School

Stephens School

Eaton Beauty & Barber College

Our Lady of Good Counsel School

 

50 Years

Central High School

Dunbar Jr. High School

Pulaski Heights Jr. High School

Wilson Elementary School

Holy Souls School

Catholic High School

Forest Park Primary School

Fair Park Primary School

Pulaski Heights Intermediate School

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Capitol City Junior College of Business

 

"A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops." - Henry Brooks Adams

 

100 Years

Beach Abstract & Guaranty Co.

Tipton - Hurst

Drummond Funeral Home

Coleman Quality Dairy Products

Southwestern Bell Telephone

Fones Brothers

Worthern Bank & Trust

M.M. Cohn Company

Rose Law Firm

Stifft's Jewelers

Metropolitan Life & Affiliated Co.

Jungkind Photo - Graphic

Arkansas Gazette

Arkansas Democrat

Arnold's, Inc.

Dillard Department Stores

Friday, Eldridge, Clark

Bemberg Iron Works, Inc

Besser Ace Hardware

Merchant's Transfer & Warehouse

New York Life Insurance Co.

Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce

J.H. Hamlen & Son Inc.

Pacific Mutual

J.W. Vestal & Son Co.

Waldenberger Luggage and Gift

Home Insurance Co.

Cromwell Firm

 

75 Years

Otis Elevator

Meyer Stagecoach, Florist, Inc

St. Vincent Infirmary

Mechanics Lumber Company

Monarch Mill and Lumber Co.

Parkin Office Supplies

Linzel Lock & Safe Company

Draughon School of Business

Reynolds Rubber Stamp Co., Inc

1st Commercial Bank

Shrader Studio

Wyatt - Monahan Monuments

Dundees Smart Clothes

Wright Lindsey & Jennings Law Firm

Sam Piazza Shoe Service

Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Arkansas

Treadway Electric Company, Inc.

Bragg's Electrical Company

Ark. Medical Dental & Pharm. Assoc.

Afco Steel

Meyer's Bakery

Ruebel Funeral Home

The Brandon Company

Butler Paper Co.

Brown Packing Company

Darragh Company

Pfeifer Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc

Superior Federal Bank

R. Kindervater & Sons Meat Market

Little Rock Paint & Wallpaper, Inc.

Savers Federal Savings & Loan

National Cash Register Company

Florence Crittenden Home Services

Armour and Company

Little Rock Broom Works

Baptist Book Store

Donrey Outdoor Advertising Co.

Arkansas Children's Hospital

American General Life and Accident Ins.

Continental Insurance Co.

 

50 Years

Brooks - Pollard Company

Naylor Auto Electric

Balch Motor Co., Inc

Crow - Burlingame Company

Little Rock Shade & Blind Co.

CMD Foods, Inc

Bensky Furs

Haverty's Furniture Store

J.R. Grobmyer Lumber Company

Paragon Printing Company

Franke's, Inc.

Williams Roofing and Supply

Gruery's Rubber Stamp Company

Lefever Display Services

Foster's Garage

Caves Jewelers

Peerless Engraving Company

Sears, Roebuck, and Company

Fuller & Son True Value Hardware

Block Realty

Rector- Phillips-Morse Realty

Rebsamen Companies

Strauss Distributors, Inc.

Bale Chevrolet

Griffin, Leggett, Healey

First Federal of Arkansas

Rather, Beyer, & Harper

May Construction Co.

Ramsey, Krug, Farrell, & Lensing, Inc.

KARN, Radio Station

Hope Brick Works, Inc.

M.L. Black Properties

Dan's Shoe Shop

Commercial Warehouse Company

Dixie Equipment Company, Inc.

Thibault Milling Company

Union Life Insurance Company

Strawn's Decorator's Warehouse

United Way of Pulaski County

Fine's

Arthur Young & Company

Bennett's Military Supplies

Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation

Colonial Bakery

Safeway Stores, Inc

Sterling Department Stores

Layton Buick, Inc

Krebs Brothers Supply and Light Company

Roach Paper Company

Spaulding Athletic Goods Co., Inc

Niemeyer Feed Mills, Inc

Acme Brick Company

Bean Music Company

Witt & Crow Dry Cleaners

Swift Independent Packing Company

Quality Foods, Inc

Buice Drug Store

Gold's House of Fashions

Riverview Hospital

Arktic Ice, Inc

Smith Drug Store

Blass, Chilcote, Carter, & Wilcox

Eberle Realty & Insurance

Baldwin Shell Construction Co.

Willis Johnson Co.

Riggs Tractor Co.

I-K Electric Co.

Premier Pontiac - Nissan, Inc

Phillips Men's Store

Sterling 12 Star Paint

B.F. Goodrich Co.

J.C. Penney Company

Stephens, Inc

Terry's Finer Food, Inc.

Carl Finch Company

Kroger Company

Hill, Crawford & Lanford, Inc.

Moon Distributors, Inc.

Muswick Beverage & Cigar Co.

Legacy Hotel

Phelps Fan Manufacturing Co., Inc.

American Airlines, Inc.

Boyle Realty Company

Rudd's Automotive Service & Body Shop

Garver & Garver, Pa.

Wooley Electric Supply Co.

Aetna Life and Casualty

Wittenberg, Delony, & Davidson, Inc.

American Telephone and Telegraph

American General Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Western Union Telegraph Co.

 

"The aim is not more goods for people to buy, but more opportunities for people to live." 

- Lewis Mumford

Churches

100 Year Churches

Second Baptist Church

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

First Missionary Baptist Church

Christ Episcopal Church

Trinity Cathedral

B'nai Israel Temple

First Lutheran Church

St. Andrew Cathedral

First United Methodist Church

St. Luke United Methodist Church

Winfield United Methodist Church

First Baptist Church

First Presbyterian Church

Second Presbyterian Church

First Christian Church

Wesley United Methodist Church

Primrose United Methodist Church

St. Edwards Catholic Church

 

75 Year Churches

Hunter United Methodist Church

Parkway Place Baptist Church

Immanuel Baptist Church

St. Bartholomew Church

First Baptist Church

Ironton Baptist Church

Asbury Methodist Church

St. Paul United Methodist Church

Our Lady of Good Counsel

Henderson United Methodist Church

Highland Valley United Methodist Church

First Church of the Nazarene

Capitol View United Methodist Church

 

50 Years

Crystal Hill Baptist Church

Hebron Baptist Church

Holly Springs Baptist Church

Life Line Baptist Church

Nall's Memorial Baptist Church

Pulaski Heights Baptist Church

Christian Life Center

First Pentecostal Church

South Highland Baptist Church

Woodlawn Baptist Church

Greek Orthodox Church

First Assembly of God Church

Barrow Road Church of Christ

Calvary Church of the Nazarene

Central Church of the Nazarene

Trinity Church of the Nazarene

Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church

Church of the Nazarene University Park

Geyer Springs Methodist Church

Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church

Sixth & Izard Church of Christ

Our Lady of Holy Souls

Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church

 

Thy faithfulness endures to all generations, thou hast established the earth, and it stands fast.

Organizations

100 Years

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ark

Young Men's Christian Association

Aesthetic Club

 

75 Years

Knights of Columbus

Bay View Reading Club

XV Cluf

 

50 Years

Community Culture Cluf

Literary Coterie Club

Little Rock Boy's Club

Boy Scout Troop No. 24

Boy Scout Troop No. 31

Elmhurst Garden Club

Highway Beautiful Club

Little Rock Garden Club

Oak Forest Garden Club

Thursday Book Club

Pulaski Heights Mothers Club

Order of the Rainbow for Girls No. 3

Order of the Rainbow for Girls No. 16

Little Rock Founders Lion Club

Little Rock Civitan Club

Pilot Club of Little Rock

The Rotary Club of Little Rock

 

"What is honored in a country will be cultivated there." - Plato

 

Commemorative Belvedere

October 1986 - City of Little Rock

 

City Manager - Thomas D. Dalton

Assistant City Manager - Charles Nickerson

Director of Parks & Recreation - Julius Breckling

Assistant Director of ParkS - William J. Bunten

 

City Board of Directors

Thomas A. Prince, Mayor

Charles Bussey, Vice Mayor

J.W. "Buddy" Benafield

Rob Hess

Tom Milton

Lottie Shackelford

F.G. "Buddy" Villines

 

City Beautiful Commission

Sharon Priest, Chairman

A.J. Almand

William J. Gaskin

Connie Whitfield

Robert A. Callans

James Von Tungeln

Cindy Miller

Herbert Parker

Elizabeth Jones

James A. Wines (Ex. Official)

 

Architect

Eugene P. Levy

Cromwell, Trumper Levy Parker & Woodsmall, Inc.

 

Special Acknowledgements

Associated General Contractors

Bemberg Iron Works, Inc

James Construction

Baldwin & Shell

Sterling Paint

Franke's Inc.

Roberts- McNutt, Inc.

Arthur Young & Co.

Riverfest, Inc.

Criss & Shaver

McGeorge Contracting Co.

Parks Construction Crew

Dept. of Parks and Recreation Staff

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