Benton County Jail

Last updated
Benton County Jail
Benton County Jail, Bentonville, AR.jpg
USA Arkansas location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location212 N. Main St., Bentonville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°22′25″N94°12′30″W / 36.37361°N 94.20833°W / 36.37361; -94.20833 Coordinates: 36°22′25″N94°12′30″W / 36.37361°N 94.20833°W / 36.37361; -94.20833
Arealess than one acre
Built1911 (1911)
Built byPace, Lon A.
ArchitectClark, A.O.
MPS Benton County MRA
NRHP reference No. 87002334 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1988

The Benton County Jail is a historic county jail building at 212 North Main Street in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States. It is a two-story brick Classical Revival building, designed by A. O. Clark and completed in 1911. It has pronounced limestone corner quoining, and its main entrance is flanked by Ionic columns and topped by a gabled pediment. The building is notable as a rare smaller-scale work by Clark. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

See also

Related Research Articles

National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington state

This is a list of properties and historic districts in Washington that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are at least three listings in each of Washington's 39 counties.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Benton County, Arkansas

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Benton County, Arkansas.

Benton County Courthouse (Arkansas) United States historic place

The Benton County Courthouse is a courthouse in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Benton County, built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The courthouse was built in the Classic Revival style by Albert O. Clark and anchors the east side of the Bentonville Town Square.

The Boone County Jail is a historic jail building at Central Ave. and Willow St. in Harrison, Arkansas. It is a two-story red brick building, built in 1914. Its design has been attributed to prominent Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson. Its hip roof is finished in red tile, as is the roof of the single-story porch sheltering the main entrance. The jail was laid out to house the jailer on the first floor, and the prisoners on the second.

Albert O. Clark American architect

Albert Oscar Clark (1858–1935), commonly known as A.O. Clark, was an American architect who worked in Arkansas in the early 1900s.

Clark County Jail United States historic place

The Clark County Jail is a historic structure located in Neillsville, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Additionally, it is listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places and is designated a historic landmark by the Neillsville Historic Preservation Commission.

Riceland Hotel United States historic place

The Hotel Riceland is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is located on the southwest corner of 3rd Street and South Main Street in downtown Stuttgart, Arkansas.

New Home School and Church Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The New Home School and Church is a historic community building on McKisic Creek Road south of Bella Vista, Arkansas. It is a modest single-story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof, which lacks ornamentation. Its main facade has a double-door entrance, and the side facades have three bays of windows. Built c. 1900, it is a well-preserved example of a multifunction vernacular community building, which was used as a school during the week and as a church on Sundays. The school function was discontinued after schools in the area were consolidated.

Bank of Gentry United States historic place

The Bank of Gentry is a historic bank building on Main Street in Gentry, Arkansas. Built in 1901, it is the most architecturally significant building in the city's downtown. Its main facade consists of three arched sections, the center one larger and higher than those that flank it. The arches are supported by pilasters with Ionic capitals. The building is capped by a string course and brick corbelling, with plain blocks and sculpted-head blocks as a decorative finale.

Bank of Rogers Building United States historic place

The Bank of Rogers Building is a historic commercial building at 114 South 1st Street in Rogers, Arkansas. It is an elegant two story Renaissance Revival structure with a limestone front. There are essentially two facades, one of which is set back under a large Roman arch, which forms the major element of the outer facade. This arch begins on the first level with square outer pillars and round inner ones, and is flanked on the second level by marble pilasters, which rise to support a projecting entablature and pediment. The inner facade has the main entrance under a segmented arch, with a pair of sash windows under a round arch on the second level.

Beasley Homestead Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Beasley Homestead is a historic house and farmstead on US Highway 71 Business (US 71B) in Bethel Heights, Arkansas. The main house, a Bungalow-style single-story structure built in 1927, is of a type common to Benton County in the 1920s. The outbuildings of the farmstead, including a barn, machine shed, and chicken house, were built at the same time and with similar detailing. The complex makes a rare complete and well-preserved farmstead from the period.

Benton County National Bank United States historic place

The Benton County National Bank is a historic bank building at 123 West Central Street in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is an elegant Classical Revival structure, designed by the regional architect Albert O. Clark and completed in 1906. It has a distinctive Roman-style temple front with three tall round-arch openings, which is sheltered by a projecting gable-pedimented Greek temple front supported by four marble columns with modified Corinthian capitals. A parapet above the Roman front obscures a dome at the center of the building.

Bentonville Third Street Historic District Historic district in Arkansas, United States

The Bentonville Third Street Historic District is a residential historic district just southeast of the central business district of Bentonville, Arkansas. It covers two blocks of SE Third Street, between Main and B Streets, including fourteen properties on Third Street and adjacent cross streets. This area, developed principally after the arrival in Bentonville of the railroad in 1881, is reflective of the high-style architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that had not previously been widespread in Benton County. All of the houses are one to 2+12 stories in height, and all are wood frame, except the Elliott House, a brick house with an eclectic combination of Italianate and Second Empire styles.

Camp Crowder Gymnasium United States historic place

The Camp Crowder Gymnasium is a historic school building at 205 Shiloh Drive in Sulphur Springs, Benton County, Arkansas. It is a tall single-story wood-frame structure, covered in weatherboard, with normal-height single-story shed-roofed sections running the length of the building. It was built in the early 1940s at Camp Crowder, a military base in Missouri, and moved to this location in 1948 by the Brown Military Academy of the Ozarks. The complex which it is a part of has gone through a variety of institutional ownership changes, with the building continuing to serve as a focus of recreational activities. It is a rare example of military construction in the small community.

Carl House Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Carl House is a historic house at 70 Main Street in Gentry, Arkansas. It is a 1+12-story brick building with a flared hip roof and an array of hip-roof and gabled dormers. Its front porch is supported by square brick columns, and its gable is decorated with half-timbering, as are other gable ends. The house was built in 1913 by R. H. Carl, president of a local bank, and is a fine local example of Craftsman/Bungalow architecture. Located on Main Street, the fine architectural details such as the sweep of the roof, the coping around the porch, the irregular plan and the matching ancillaries grab the attention of all who pass.

Coats School United States historic place

The Coats School is a historic one-room schoolhouse in rural Benton County, Arkansas. It is located near the end of Coats Road, near Spavinaw Creek, south of Maysville. It is built of ashlar cut stone, with rusticated stone at the corners. It has a gable roof of tin, with a central chimney. Built c. 1905, it is a rare example of high-quality stone work in a vernacular building of modest proportions.

Freeman-Felker House Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Freeman-Felker House is a historic house at 318 West Elm Street in Rogers, Arkansas, United States. It is a large two-story wood-frame structure, designed by local architect A. O. Clark and built in 1903 for a banker. The house has a pyramidal roof and a wraparound porch with Classical Revival detailing. A large gable projects slightly on the main facade, with a Palladian window at its center. The house includes a sunroom, added in the 1930s by its second owner, J. E. Felker, and also designed by Clark.

Charles Juhre House Historic house in Arkansas, United States

The Charles Juhre House is a historic house at 406 North 4th Street in Rogers, Arkansas. It is a brick American Foursquare house, two stories in height, with a front porch extending across the full width of the building. A polygonal window projection occupies the center bay on the second floor, and there is a large gable dormer with a Palladian window projecting above it from the hip roof. The house was designed by local architect A. O. Clark, and is a fine local example of transitional Colonial and Classical Revival style.

Former City Hall (Rogers, Arkansas) United States historic place

The Former City Hall of Rogers, Arkansas is located at 202 West Elm Street. It is a three-story brick Colonial Revival building, designed by architect A. O. Clark and built in 1929. The building was used by the city for municipal offices and as a fire station until the 1990s. It is now being converted to residential use.

Beebe Jail United States historic place

The Beebe Jail is a historic jail building in Beebe, Arkansas. The small single-story concrete structure is set on an alley south of East Illinois Street on the east side of North Main Street. It is distinctive for its slightly rounded concrete roof, with a parapet rising above the front (southwest) facade. The interior has two small cells, each with a barred window, and a small vestibule area. The jail was built as a Works Progress Administration project in 1935.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Benton County Jail" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-23.