A historic 10,041-SF building in downtown Little Rock recently rang up a $950,000 sale.
The Arkansas Department of Heritage bought the former headquarters of the Mosaic Templars of America at 906 Broadway from the Leonal W. Kilgore Revocable Trust.
The department bought the vacant, two-story building because Gov. Asa Hutchinson wanted to save it, said Melissa Whitfield, a spokeswoman for the Department of Heritage.
“It’s the only remaining building built by Mosaic Templars of America, and it was their Arkansas state temple building,” Whitfield said.
The department has hired Jameson Architects PA of Little Rock to prepare the building for a tenant on the first floor, which could be the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission.
The second floor will remain unused for now. The building isn’t expected to be ready for renters until January, she said.