Calhoun County Courthouse | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | Courthouse Sq., Hampton, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 33°32′15″N92°28′19″W / 33.53750°N 92.47194°W Coordinates: 33°32′15″N92°28′19″W / 33.53750°N 92.47194°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1909 |
Built by | E.L. Koonce |
Architect | Frank W. Gibb |
Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 76000390 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 12, 1976 |
The Calhoun County Courthouse is a courthouse in Hampton, Arkansas, the county seat of Calhoun County, built in 1909. Located within downtown Hampton, the two-story brick building was designed by Frank W. Gibb, who designed 60 courthouses in Arkansas. The courthouse is both a historically and architecturally significant structure, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of this significance in 1976. [1]
Constructed by E. L. Koonce, the Calhoun County Courthouse is a two-story brick Georgian Revival structure with a five-story clock tower. [2] The building is not particularly ornamented, with cut stone trim, including stone keystones above arched windows. [3]
The Abbeville County Courthouse, built in 1908, is an historic courthouse located in the east corner of Court Square, in the city of Abbeville in Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was designed in the Beaux Arts style by Darlington native William Augustus Edwards who designed several other South Carolina courthouses as well as academic buildings at 12 institutions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. An arcade connects it to the adjoining Abbeville Opera House and Municipal Center, which Edwards also designed. In 1964, the courthouse was renovated by Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle, and Wolff of Columbia. On October 30, 1981, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is included in the Abbeville Historic District.
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