What We Do
Educate
The QQA offers a wide range of programs and services to help property owners and others interested in historic preservation in the Little Rock area. The QQA staff can also answer questions about historic preservation, historic rehabilitation tax credits, Capitol Zoning District Commission, Little Rock Historic District Commission, and other relevant issues.
In 2020, the QQA won a grant from the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH) to archive back issues of The QQA Chronicle digitally. The Chronicle began as The Quapaw Quarterly, a broadsheet newsletter that published news on urban renewal projects in the MacArthur Park neighborhood. After the QQA Chronicle started publication in 1970, it was more like a neighborhood newspaper focused on historic preservation than a historic preservation publication.
The Chronicle included stories about houses in historic districts, renovations, and other preservation-related issues and information about local events, highlights of neighborhood goings-on, advertisements, and QQA information. Until the late 1990s, the publication continued as a four to eight-page tabloid and employed an entire staff of volunteer and paid writers, editors, and photographers. It shifted to a digital format in the early 2000s and is now published as an email newsletter. You can find the QQA Chronicle Digital Archive here.
Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
You can find information about education and fundraising events on our Facebook Page, learn more about Little Rock and QQA history on Instagram, and watch videos of our Preservation Conversations lectures here.
Education Events
Preservation Conversations: Preservation Conversations addresses a wide range of architectural history and preservation topics. You can see currently scheduled lectures here.
Education Resources
This collection contains the research files of the Quapaw Quarter Association, including files on individual homes and businesses arranged by address and numerous photographs. It is broken into seven series. All past QQA records, including images and files, are held by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, part of the Central Arkansas Library System.
This collection includes general information about the history of greater Little Rock and historic preservation. Please call and make an appointment to review our materials.
QQA Cheryl Griffith Nichols Historic Building Marker Program
The Quapaw Quarter Association announced the Cheryl Griffith Nichols Historic Building Marker Program in 2015. Since then, QQA has presented over 50 markers. They display the building name and date of construction. They may be pole-mounted or attached directly to a building.
The program’s goals are to recognize historically and architecturally significant buildings located anywhere in the city of Little Rock that have been well-maintained or have undergone exemplary rehabilitation; to bring to the attention of the general public facilities that are unique assets to the Little Rock, and to promote the QQA as Little Rock's leading historic preservation organization.
If you would like more information on our historic marker program, please see this FAQ document. The application is downloadable on the FAQ document page.
The Woodruff House
The Woodruff house has recently found a new owner. We will be posting updates about this soon!
William Woodruff House on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
Abandoned Arkansas: William Woodruff House
William Woodruff House, Wikipedia
National Register Listing for the William Woodruff House
Video about the William Woodruff House
AHPP Tour of the William Woodruff House