Desha County Courthouse Explained

Desha County Courthouse
Location:Robert S. Moore Ave., Arkansas City, Arkansas
Coordinates:33.6092°N -91.2022°W
Architect:Harding, Rome
Architecture:Romanesque Revival
Added:July 12, 1976
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:76000403

The Desha County Courthouse, on Robert S. Moore Avenue in Arkansas City, Arkansas, is the county seat of Desha County. The -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.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Desha County Courthouse. Arkansas Preservation. 2014-02-25.