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Baxter County Courthouse Courthouse Square National Register listed: May 26, 1995 Designed by Fayetteville architect T. Ewing Shelton and constructed between 1941 and 1943 by the Works Progress Administration, the Baxter County Courthouse reflects the functional emphasis common to many Depression-era public works projects. Its minimalist design and use of locally produced construction materials make it an excellent example of the construction ethic inherent in many New Deal structures. |
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Boone County Courthouse Courthouse Square National Register listed: July 21, 1976 The Boone County Courthouse, erected in 1909, exhibits the Georgorian Revival style of architecture as executed by one of the state's most active historic architects, Charles L. Thompson of Little Rock. Building contractors were A.M. Byrnes and C.H. McCauley. Boone County was formed in 1869 and predictably, much controversy arose over the location of the county seat. Harrison beat out nearby Bellefonte by a mere 18 votes in an election to settle the issue. |
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Columbia County Courthouse Courthouse Square National Register listed: April 15, 1978 The domed, blond-brick Columbia County Courthouse was built in 1905 from a Renaissance Revival-style design by W.W. Hall. It is the third such structure on the Magnolia town square, replacing an 1856 structure that in turn replaced a temporary log courthouse built after Columbia County was formed in 1852. The current building was financed by a two-mill tax levy and cost $58,631.21 to construct. |
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Faulkner County Courthouse 801 Locust Street National Register listed: November 27, 1995 The 1936 Faulner County Courthouse, designed by Little Rock's Wittenberg and Deloney firm, synthesizes two popular architectural idioms. Such details as the rusticated first floor, the corner quoins, and the arched courtroom windows reflect the Colonial Revival style, while the heavy, symmetrical overall massing and setback of the fourth story reflect the sway of the more recent Art Deco trend. |
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Greene County Courthouse Courthouse Square National Register listed: August 11, 1976 The 1888 Greene County Courthouse, designed in the Breaux Arts style of Architecture, reflects the final stop in a long line of county seats. The first seat of government after Greene County was carved from Lawrence County in 1833 was Benjamin Crowley's plantation, which served until an 18-foot-square log courthouse was built at Paris in 1835. The county seat moved to Gainsville in 1838, and local government moved into a three-story frame structure that burned in 1874. A fourth courthouse also burned in 1876, and a fifth was built in 1877. In 1884, the railroad town of Paragould was voted in as county seat, and a temporary courthouse was built. J.E. Shane designed a permanent courthouse, which was occupied in April 1888. |
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Independence County Courthouse 192 East Main Street National Register listed: October 5, 1990 This structure, designed by Little Rock's Wittenberg & Deloney firm, was built in 1940 to replace an 1880's vintage High Victorian Gothic structure that burned in 1939. Its symmetrical plan and elevations, coupled with the emphasis on large areas of uninterupted wall surface, and the sparce and symmetrically applied geometric, styled Classical ornamentation render a pure Art Deco design — the finest example in Batesville. |
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Izard County Courthouse Courthouse Square National Register listed: September 30, 1993 Designed in the Art Deco style by Little Rock's Erhart & Eichenbaum firm, this structure was built between 1938 and 1940 by workers for the Depression-era National Youth Administration. It succeeds a number of courthouses that served Izard County: the Jacob Wolfe House (now in Baxter County); structures in Athens and Mount Olive as the county seat moved over time; and courthouses at Melbourne built in 1878, 1890 and 1913, two of which were destroyed by fire. |
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Lee County Courthouse 15 East Chestnut Street National Register listed: September 7, 1995 Built in 1939, this structure remains an exceptionally fine example of the Classical Revival style, particularly when considering its relatively late construction date. The handsome, yet restrained Classical detailing on the building's exterior combines with the sheer, imposing aspect of the overall composition to render this Works Progress Administration-funded building surprisingly impressive, given its rather small size. |
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Lonoke County Courthouse North Center Street National Register listed: June 8, 1982 The first Lonoke County Courthouse, a wood-framed structure built in 1873, was destroyed by fire in 1881 and replaced two years later by a building razed to make way for the 1928 edifice that continues to serve the county today. The Neo-classical style design by Little Rock architect, H. Ray Burks reflects both the Classicism that dominated Arkansas' public buildings during the early years of the twentieth century and the decorative spirit of the architecture of the 1920s. |
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Pulaski County Courthouse 405 West Markham National Register listed: October 18, 1979 The Pulaski County Courthouse actually consists of two different structures. The original building which faces Second Street, was designed by Max A. Orlopp and built between 1887 and 1889. It offers a robust interpretation of the Romanesque Revival style with details drawn from the Queen Anne vocabulary. The "Annex" faces West Markham Street and features a Beaux Arts influenced design by architect George Mann. It was completed in 1914 and the combined buildings still serve as theseat of county government. |
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Sebastian County Courthouse 100 South Sixth Street National Register listed: June 8, 1993 Fort Smith and Greenwood competed for decades for the honor of serving as the Sebastian County seat until an article was placed in the 1874 Arkansas Constitution that permenantly established two seats of government for the county. Court was held in a succession of commercial buildings until a courthouse was built in the late 1880's. That structure was replaced with the present building in 1937. The Art Deco design by architects E. Chester Nelson, Bassham & Wheeler was executed by the Manhattan Construction Company under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. |
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Van Buren County Courthouse Griggs & Main Street National Register listed: May 13, 1991 Van Buren County government has been housed in a succession of six buildings since the county was created in 1833. Court was held first in Obadiah Marsh's log cabin at Bloomington until a new log courthouse, located adjacent to what was then the state's second largest horse racing track, was built. The county seat moved to Clinton in 1842, and the frame courthouse there succumbed to bushwhacking arsonists in 1865. Its replacement survived two burglaries and two arson attempts before being razed in 1934 to allow construction of the current sructure, designed in the Rustic style and built by the Works Progress Administration. |
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Washington County Courthouse College Avenue & East Center St. National Register listed: February 23, 1972 Designed in an exuberant interpretation of the Richardson Romanesque style by Charles L. Thompson, construction of the $100,000 Washington County Courthouse began in 1904 and was completed the next year. In addition to its connections to one of Arkansas' best know architects, the building is also linked to another noteworthy Arkansas: contractor George Donaghey, who later served as governor of the state. |
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White County Courthouse Court Square National Register listed: August 3, 1977 This building is a synthesis of two periods of construction. Originally constructed in 1871 of cut stone and brick, it was remodeled by Little Rock architect Frank Gibb in 1912. New features included stone-and-brick wings on the north and south ends and removal of the gables from those elevations, as well as a flattening of the original hipped roof. It stands today as a stately example of Classical architecture and the home of White County government. |
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Woodruff County Courthouse 500 North Third Street National Register listed: December 21, 1984 Although designed by Charles L. Thompson in 1900, the inspiration for this impressive courthouse clearly derives from the late work of the influential nineteenth-century American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. The overall effect is one of dignity appropriate for its civic function provided by robust massing of strong component elements and sensitive use of material, scale and detail. |
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