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The Pike–Fletcher–Terry House, also known as just the Terry Mansion and now the Community Gallery at the Terry House, is a historic house at 8th and Rock Streets in central
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 large two-story Greek Revival building, whose grounds occupy the western end of a city block bounded by Rock, 8th, and 7th Streets. Its most prominent feature is its north-facing six-column Greek temple portico. The house was built in 1840 for
Albert Pike Albert Pike (December 29, 1809April 2, 1891) was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general who served as an List of justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court, associate justice of the Arkansas Supr ...
, a leading figure in Arkansas' territorial and early state history. It has also been home to John Fletcher, a prominent Little Rock businessman and
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veteran, and David D. Terry, Fletcher's son-in-law and also a prominent Arkansas politician. It was then home to prominent philanthropist and political activist
Adolphine Fletcher Terry Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976) was an American political and social activist in the state of Arkansas. Terry leveraged her position within the Little Rock community to affect change in causes related to social justice, women's rights, raci ...
. She and her sister Mary Fletcher Drennan willed the family mansion to the city, for use by the nearby
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), formerly known as the Arkansas Arts Center, is an art museum located in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas. The museum's most recent expansion and renovation was designed by architecture and urban des ...
. It has been a municipal building since 1964. It served as the Arkansas Decorative Arts Center from 1985 to 2003. The house was listed on the
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in 1972. The Pike–Fletcher–Terry House is currently closed. There is ongoing litigation between the City of Little Rock, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, and the Terry heirs.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas ...


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External links


Community Gallery at the Terry House web page
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Greek Revival architecture in Arkansas Houses completed in 1840 Houses in Little Rock, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas Historic district contributing properties in Arkansas {{LittleRockAR-NRHP-stub