Union Life Building

Arkansas, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Union Life Building is an eleven-story Chicago School office tower at 212 Center Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, designed by local architect George R. Mann and completed between 1911 and 1916. Its T-shaped footprint features brick curtain-wall construction on three sides, while the main facade showcases terra cotta tile and glass. Ornate cornices crown the first two levels, with segmented-arch windows on the second story repeated in the arched design at the building's crown, creating vertical coherence. As Little Rock's only major example of Chicago-style commercial architecture, the building was recognized for its historical significance with a National Register of Historic Places listing in 1981.