Arkansas State Capitol

Completed in 1915, the Arkansas State Capitol is one of the nation’s finest examples of Neoclassical civic architecture. Designed by George R. Mann and inspired by the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the building features a soaring limestone exterior, monumental marble interiors, grand staircases, and richly detailed ornamental plasterwork. Constructed using materials sourced from across the United States—including Vermont marble, Colorado Yule marble, and Alabama marble—the Capitol serves as both the seat of Arkansas government and a National Historic Landmark, reflecting more than a century of the state’s civic history.

Over the past decade, EverGreene has partnered with the Arkansas State Capitol on multiple preservation projects, providing specialized conservation, restoration, and historic finishes expertise throughout the landmark.

In 2009, EverGreene completed the restoration of the Capitol’s three-story rotunda and balcony, performing cleaning and regrouting of the Alabama white marble walls and floors and Colorado Yule marble columns. Following extensive testing of cleaning methods, conservators employed carefully selected poulticing and chemical cleaning techniques before regrouting the marble to match the original joint profile, color, and texture. The work was completed in collaboration with MidContinental Restoration.

In 2017 and 2018, EverGreene conducted a finishes investigation and restoration of the historic Old Supreme Court Chambers. Conservators determined that widespread paint failure resulted from incompatible later coatings, identified the original decorative color palette through microscopic paint analysis, removed the failing paint layers, and restored the room’s historic finishes. In 2019, EverGreene returned to conduct a similar finishes investigation in the Treasurer’s Suite, documenting and identifying the original decorative treatment of the plaster walls, ceiling ornament, and architectural details to inform future restoration efforts.