Climber Motor Car Factory, Unit A

Climber Motor Car Factory, Unit A
Location 1823 E. 17th St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°43′56″N 92°14′56″W / 34.73222°N 92.24889°W / 34.73222; -92.24889Coordinates: 34°43′56″N 92°14′56″W / 34.73222°N 92.24889°W / 34.73222; -92.24889
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1919 (1919)
Architectural style Plain Traditional
MPS Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
NRHP Reference # 05000500[1]
Added to NRHP June 1, 2005

Unit A of the Climber Motor Car Factory is a historic industrial building at 1823 East 17th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large wood frame structure, topped by a gabled monitor roof. Its walls are concrete block for the bottom 2 feet (0.61 m), and wood frame between concrete pillars above. The building was constructed in 1919 for the Climber Motor Company, the only automobile manufacturer founded in the state, and was the only part actually built of a planned multi-building complex. The company manufactured automobiles here until 1924, after which it was used by Command-Aire to build small aircraft, and by the Great Northern Paper Company to manufacture toilet paper.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Climber Motor Car Factoroy, Unit A" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-07.


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