• Front facade of Little Rock Central High School

    Little Rock Central High School

    National Historic Site Arkansas

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  • Restricted Access to Central High School

    All visitors should park and begin their visit at the National Park Service Visitor Center at 2120 West Daisy Gatson Bates Drive. Do NOT park in front of Central High School or at the Magnolia Gas Station. All school tours require advance reservations.

Visitor Center Construction

New visitor center at Little Rock Central High School NHS under construction. Photo shows steel frame of structure nearing completion.

Workers construct steel frame for new visitor center, October 2006.

NPS Photo.

Click here to view photographs of the construction progress.

 
Architect's rendering of the new visitor center.

Architect's rendering of the new visitor center.

Click here for information about the visitor center's planning and design.

What was located on the vacant lot in the past? Click here to find out.

Did You Know?

Ernest Green's diploma from Central High School

In 1958 Senior Ernest Green became the first African American graduate of Central High School.  Martin Luther King, Jr. attended the ceremony as a guest of the Green family. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site