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

Photographed July 4, 2006 by Pris Weathers.

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