1010 Wolfe St., Little Rock, Arkansas. County/parish: Pulaski.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 07, 2017. NRIS 100000708.
1 contributing building.
The Jesse Powell Towers are a residential apartment highrise at 1010 Wolfe Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. The nine-story tall building is located directly across from Arkansas Children's Hospital on 5th Street. Built in 1975, it is a nine-story skyscraper, with a steel frame clad in brick and concrete, housing 169 residential units. It was designed by Stowers & Stowers for the city as public senior housing. It exemplifies a design principle espoused by Le Corbusier known as the "tower in a park", with a large landscaped green area surrounding the building.
The apartments were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
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