Drew County Courthouse Explained

Drew County Courthouse
Location:210 S. Main St.
Monticello, Arkansas
Coordinates:33.6267°N -91.7914°W
Architect:H. Ray Burks
Builder:Hewitt & Russell
Architecture:Art Deco, Classical Moderne
Added:October 17, 1997
Refnum:97001226

The Drew County Courthouse is located at 210 South Main Street in Monticello, Arkansas. The -story Classical Moderne building was designed by Arkansas architect H. Ray Burks and built in 1932. It is Drew County's fourth courthouse; the first two were wood-frame buildings dating to the 1850s, the third a brick structure built 1870–71. It is an L-shaped building, built of limestone blocks and topped by a flat tar roof. It consists of a central block, five bays wide, and symmetrical flanking wings a single bay in width. The central section has a portico of six Ionic columns, which rise the full three and one half stories, and are topped by a square pediment which reads "Drew County Courthouse" flanked by the date of construction.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Drew County Courthouse. Arkansas Preservation. 2014-01-24.