Little Rock's first streetcar suburb — a National Register historic district of Craftsman, Queen Anne and Tudor Revival homes around walkable Kavanaugh Boulevard, the farmers market and Allsopp Park.
Hillcrest is Little Rock's first streetcar suburb. Michigan investors bought some 800 acres here in 1891 and platted the first blocks in 1892, but the neighborhood only took off when the streetcar line climbed Kavanaugh Boulevard around 1903; Pulaski Heights was its own incorporated town from 1905 until Little Rock annexed it in 1916. The Hillcrest Historic District — listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and expanded in 1992 — preserves the result: Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Prairie, Foursquare and Tudor Revival homes on walkable, tree-lined streets, regulated today by the city's Hillcrest Design Overlay District rather than an HOA.
Kavanaugh Boulevard is the neighborhood's commercial heart — locally owned restaurants, coffee shops and stores, the Saturday Hillcrest Farmers Market at 2200 Kavanaugh, and the annual HarvestFest each fall. Allsopp Park's 150 acres and 8.6 miles of trails sit at the neighborhood's edge, UAMS is about a mile away, and downtown is roughly three miles. Homes.com's trailing-twelve-month figures (October 2026) put the median sale price at $285,000 (about $183 per square foot across 194 sales). Assigned public schools for most of Hillcrest are Pulaski Heights Elementary, Pulaski Heights Middle School and Little Rock Central High — confirm any specific address with LRSD.
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Hillcrest is Little Rock's first streetcar suburb and a designated historic district — listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1990 (expanded 1992). It's a walkable, early-1900s neighborhood of Craftsman bungalows, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Prairie, and Foursquare homes centered on Kavanaugh Boulevard, not a gated HOA community.
Hillcrest is served by the Little Rock School District (LRSD). Guides commonly cite Pulaski Heights Elementary, Pulaski Heights Middle School, and Little Rock Central High School (a National Historic Site) for the area. Attendance zones can change, so confirm a specific address with LRSD.
As a City of Little Rock home in the Little Rock School District, a Hillcrest property is taxed at 70.0 total mills (city + Pulaski County + LRSD levies). Because Arkansas taxes 20% of appraised value, that works out to an effective rate of about 1.40% — roughly $2,800 per year on a $200,000 home.
Kavanaugh Boulevard is Hillcrest's walkable commercial heart, home to the Hillcrest Merchants Association and a concentration of locally owned restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and retailers such as Kemuri, US Pizza Co., Mylo Coffee Co., Loblolly Creamery, and the Riverdale 10 VIP Cinema. Sidewalks and small lots make it easy to reach shops, dining, and Allsopp Park on foot.