Dallas County Courthouse (Arkansas)

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Dallas County Courthouse
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Location3rd and Oak Sts., Fordyce, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°48′45″N92°24′49″W / 33.81250°N 92.41361°W / 33.81250; -92.41361 Coordinates: 33°48′45″N92°24′49″W / 33.81250°N 92.41361°W / 33.81250; -92.41361
Built1911
Architect Frank W. Gibb; Edgar Koonce
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Dallas County MRA
NRHP reference No. 84000677 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 1984

The Dallas County Courthouse is located at the corner of Third and Oak Streets in Fordyce, Arkansas, the county seat of Dallas County. The two-story Classical Revival building was designed by Frank W. Gibb and built in 1911, three years after the county seat was moved to Fordyce from Princeton. It is the most substantial Classical Revival building in the county, and a representative early work of the architect. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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 Dallas County Courthouse" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-24.