The Legacy Hotel and Suites

The Legacy Hotel and Suites

The Legacy Hotel and Suites

625 W. Capitol Ave.

Little Rock, AR 72201

Phone: 501-374-0100

Fax: 501-687-1185

Reservations toll-free:

1-888-456-3669

In the heart of Little Rock since 1913

The Legacy Hotel had its beginnings as the Hotel Freiderica, built at Capitol Avenue and Gaines Street in Little Rock in 1913. Three years earlier, Little Rock businessman Fred W. Allsop had conceived the idea to construct the finest hotel in Arkansas and chose the site which was on the outskirts of the downtown business district at that time.

The five-story framework for the building was erected in 18 working days, which a local newspaper touted as a "record-breaker for this section of the country." Room rates at the original Hotel Freiderica were $2.00 per day for a corner room. Monthly rates were $20.00, and meals were just 50 cents.

In 1935, Sam and Henrietta Peck moved from Northwest Arkansas to Little Rock, and purchased the hotel. They began to make changes in the physical structure, including the addition of indoor bathrooms and three penthouse suites. The hotel was eventually named the "Sam Peck."

Three years later, Fayetteville native, Edward Durrell Stone, one of America's premier architects (and an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright) designed an annex adjoining the south end of the hotel. Stone created an art deco, international style building, generally recognized by architects as one of the classic examples of that era of design in central Arkansas.

Then, in 1960, the third and final section of the Sam Peck was built. This 49-room addition was designed in the fashion of the motor inns in the 1960s.

The original five-story portion of the hotel received a modernization and facelift in 1984 when the contemporary façade of brick was removed to show the original exterior and proudly reopened as the Legacy Hotel.

Recently, the Legacy Hotel and Suites has undergone a major renovation to include all of the modern amenities while keeping the historic part of the hotel as its major appeal. The Legacy Hotel is now on the National Historic Register. The tall ceilings, marble floors, deep mahogany molding, and brass, all in their original forms, maintain the atmosphere of old world charm and beauty.

The Legacy Hotel has been home to several well-known people including Winthrop Rockefellar and has been visited by people such as former President and Mrs. Bill Clinton, Richard Dreyfuss, Woody Harrelson, Al Gore, Muhammed Ali, Jim and Susan McDougall, and many, many news reporters and politicians throughout the years.

To book your reservation now,

please email us at bookit@legacyhotel.com

or call toll-free 1-888-456-3669

The Legacy Lives On!