The district is notable for the large number of well-preserved late 19th and early 20th-century houses, and includes a major cross-section of residential architecture designed by the noted Little Rock architect Charles L. Thompson.

One of the city's finest examples of Colonial Revival architecture, the Hotze House, stands at 1619 S. Louisiana Street.

However, there was concern over the scope of this listing, and the city later performed a detailed survey of a much larger area.

This resulted in a significant expansion of the district in 1988, adding 224.5 acres (90.9 ha) and including 473 contributing buildings, roughly bounded by Louisiana St., Twenty-Third St. & Roosevelt Rd., Chester and State Sts., & Thirteenth & Twelfth Sts.

The 2002 increase added 12 contributing buildings in a 4.8-acre (1.9 ha) area located roughly along Louisiana Ave., from W. 23rd St. and 24th St.