The Exchange Bank Building is a historic commercial building at 423 Main Street in

Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Arkansas, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. The six-county Central Arkan ...

. It is a five-story masonry structure, built in 1921 out of reinforced concrete, brick, limestone, and granite. It has

Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...

, with its main facade dominated by massive engaged fluted Doric columns. It was designed by the noted Arkansas architectural firm of

Thompson & Harding Charles L. Thompson and associates is an architectural group that was established in Arkansas since the late 1800s. It is now known as Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc.. This article is about Thompson and associates' work as ...

, and is considered one of its best commercial designs. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1986.

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Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Commercial buildings in Little Rock, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas Office buildings completed in 1921 {{LittleRockAR-stub

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