January 22, 1877

The Capital Hotel in Little Rock (Pulaski County), known formerly as the Denckla Block, was opened with a new, grand interior created to match its grand exterior. Though not originally built as a hotel, the Denckla Block became one after the Metropolitan Hotel, Little Rock’s only upscale hotel, burned. The new hotel got its name from a Little Rock matron, Mrs. Morehead Wright. When asked to suggest a name, Wright noted that it was a “capital enterprise located in a capital building” in the “capital of the state,” which she hoped would be a “capital success.”