Desha County Courthouse
The Desha County Courthouse, on Robert S. Moore Avenue in Arkansas City, Arkansas, is the county seat of Desha County. The 2 1⁄2-story Romanesque Revival brick building was built in 1900 to a design by Little Rock architect Rome Harding. Its most distinctive feature is its four-story square tower, which features doubled rectangular windows on the first level, a round-arch window on the second, an open round arch on the third, and clock faces on the fourth level. The tower is topped by a pyramidal roof with finial.[2]
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| Location | Robert S. Moore Ave., Arkansas City, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 33°36′33″N 91°12′8″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Harding, Rome |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000403[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 12, 1976 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Desha County Courthouse" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
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