Old Randolph County Courthouse (Arkansas)
Appearance
Old Randolph County Courthouse | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | Broadway and Vance St. Pocahontas, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 36°15′38″N 90°58′10″W / 36.26056°N 90.96944°W |
Built | 1875 |
Part of | Pocahontas Commercial Historic District (ID09000315) |
NRHP reference No. | 73000390[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 24, 1973 |
Designated CP | June 12, 2009 |
The Old Randolph County Courthouse is a historic former county courthouse at Broadway and Vance Street in the center of Pocahontas, Arkansas. It is a two-story Italianate Victorian brick structure, built in 1872, regionally distinctive for its architectural style. It has brick quoined corners, and a low hip roof with small central gables on each elevation, and a square cupola with flared roof. Its eaves are studded with paired brackets and dentil moulding. It served as the county courthouse until 1940, and has since then has housed city offices, the local public library, and other offices.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
See also
[edit]- Randolph County Courthouse, also listed, and also in Pocohontas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Randolph County, Arkansas
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Old Randolph County Courthouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
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Categories:
- Government buildings completed in 1875
- Buildings and structures in Randolph County, Arkansas
- County courthouses in Arkansas
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, Arkansas
- Upper Delta Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs