Bradley County Courthouse and Clerk's Office explained

Bradley County Courthouse and Clerk's Office should not be confused with Bradley County Courthouse Annex.

Bradley County Courthouse and Clerk's Office
Location:Courthouse Square, Warren, Arkansas
Coordinates:33.6147°N -92.0633°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Bradley County Courthouse
Architect:Frank W. Gibb
Builder:E. L. Koonce
Added:December 12, 1976
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:76000389
Nrhp Type2:cp
Designated Nrhp Type2:July 11, 2016
Partof:Warren Commercial Historic District
Partof Refnum:16000433

Bradley County Courthouse is a courthouse in Warren, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Bradley County, built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The courthouse was built using two colors of brick and features a 2½ story clock tower.

History

Bradley County was established in 1840 from Union County and was named for Hugh Bradley. Eventually Bradley County was fragmented into five more counties. Pennington Settlement, later renamed Warren, became the county seat around 1840.[1] Two courthouses, a log cabin and later a brick and stucco building, were used for county business until the building of the current structure in 1903.[2]

Architecture

See also: Classical Revival architecture. The Bradley County Courthouse has a two-tone brick exterior with quoin arched windows as well as gauged voussoirs and dentils along the cornices. A tower in one corner of the structure has clocks facing all four directions, an arched cupola, and a hexagonal shaped roof.[3] Also included on the National Register of Historic Places is a one-story brick building built in 1890. Originally the county clerk's office, the building now serves as a library.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bradley County . Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture . July 25, 2011 . December 10, 2011.
  2. Book: Gill . John Purifoy . Gill . Marjem Jackson . 1980 . On the Courthouse Square in Arkansas . 80-65253 .
  3. Web site: Bradley County Courthouse and County Clerk's Office, Warren, Bradley County . Arkansas Historic Preservation Program . December 10, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415141215/http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/historic-properties/_search_nomination_popup.aspx?id=599 . April 15, 2012 .