Clark County Courthouse (Arkansas)

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Clark County Courthouse
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Location4th and Crittenden Sts., Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°7′6″N93°3′3″W / 34.11833°N 93.05083°W / 34.11833; -93.05083 Coordinates: 34°7′6″N93°3′3″W / 34.11833°N 93.05083°W / 34.11833; -93.05083
Built1899
Architect Thompson, Charles; O'Neal, R.S.
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 78000577 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1978

The Clark County Courthouse is located at Courthouse Square (4th and Crittenden) in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, the seat of Clark County. It is a 2-1/2 story Romanesque stone structure which was designed by Charles Thompson and completed in 1899. It is a basically rectangular structure with a hip roof, and a six-story tower rising from the northwest corner. It has a hip roof from which numerous hipped gables project, and there are corner turrets with conical roofs. It is the county's second courthouse. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Clark County Courthouse" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-14.