Columbia County Courthouse (Arkansas)

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Columbia County Courthouse
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Columbia County Courthouse
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Location in Arkansas
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Location in United States
LocationCourt Sq., Magnolia, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°16′02″N93°14′27″W / 33.2671°N 93.2409°W / 33.2671; -93.2409
Built1905
ArchitectHall, W.W.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
Part of Magnolia Commercial Historic District (ID08000435)
NRHP reference No. 78000580 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 15, 1978
Designated CPMay 20, 2008

The Columbia County Courthouse is located at Court Square in the heart of Magnolia, the county seat of Columbia County, Arkansas. The two-story brick and stone structure was designed W. W. Hall and built in 1905. It features Renaissance Revival styling, with Corinthian pilasters separating the windows on the second level and a projecting Greek temple portico with recessed entries under round arches on the first level, and fluted Corinthian columns on the second. [2]

African-American man, Jordan Jameson was lynched on November 11, 1919, in the town square right in the front of the Columbia County Courthouse. A large white mob seized Jameson after he allegedly shot the local sheriff. They tied him to a stake and burned him alive meters from the building. [3]

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 Columbia County Courthouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  3. McWhirter 2011, p. 241.