Logan County Courthouse, Southern Judicial District

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Logan County Courthouse, Southern Judicial District
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LocationJct. of 4th and N. Broadway Sts., SE corner, Booneville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°8′28″N93°55′17″W / 35.14111°N 93.92139°W / 35.14111; -93.92139 Coordinates: 35°8′28″N93°55′17″W / 35.14111°N 93.92139°W / 35.14111; -93.92139
Arealess than one acre
Built1928 (1928)
Built byFraser, J. Kyle
ArchitectHaralson & Nelson
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance
NRHP reference # 97000207 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 8, 1997

The Logan County Courthouse, Southern Judicial District is located at 366 North Broadway Avenue (corner of East 4th Street) in Booneville, Arkansas. It is a three-story masonry building, built out of buff brick with limestone trim. It is stylistically in a restrained version of Italian Renaissance styling, with arched windows on the second level separated by pilasters with limestone capitals and bases. It was the second courthouse for the southern district of Logan County, built on the site of the first. [2]

Booneville, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Booneville is a city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States and the county seat of the southern district. Located in the Arkansas River Valley between the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains, the city is one of the oldest in western Arkansas. The city's economy was first based upon the railroad and Arkansas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, but has evolved into a diverse economy of small businesses and light industry as the early drivers have disappeared. Booneville's population was 3,990 at the 2010 census.

Logan County, Arkansas County in the United States

Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,353. There are two county seats: Booneville and Paris.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

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

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Logan County Courthouse, Southern Judicial District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-25.