The former Scott County Courthouse is located at 252 South Main Street in Waldron, Arkansas. The current facility is located on 1st Street. The old courthouse is a two-story brick Art Deco building, set on a high foundation, and with a flat roof that has a parapet. The building was designed by Bassham & Wheeler of Fort Smith, and was built in 1934 with funding from the Works Progress Administration. It replaced an older building on the same site that was destroyed by fire.[2]
Scott County Courthouse | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location | 252 S. Main St., Waldron, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°53′56″N 94°5′26″W / 34.89889°N 94.09056°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1933 |
| Architect | Bassham & Wheeler |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Part of | Waldron Commercial Historic District (ID08000943) |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001971[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1989 |
| Designated CP | September 25, 2008 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989;[1] it is also a contributing element to the Waldron Commercial Historic District. In 2022, the Scott County Museum of History opened in the building.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Scott County Courthouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
- ^ Goodner, Wes (November 15, 2023). "Scott County". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System. OCLC 68194233. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
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