Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum

The main building of the Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum in Little Rock (Pulaski County), precursor to the Arkansas State Hospital; circa 1890.

Tall building with arched windows, three chimneys, and a clock tower

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age (1875 - 1900)

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