Sebastian County Courthouse-Fort Smith City Hall Explained

Sebastian County Courthouse-Ft. Smith City Hall
Location:100 S. 6th St., Fort Smith, Arkansas
Coordinates:35.3856°N -94.4261°W
Architect:Nelson, Bassham and Wheeler
Builder:Manhattan Construction Co.
Architecture:Art Deco, WPA Moderne
Added:June 8, 1993
Refnum:93000484

The Sebastian County Courthouse/Fort Smith City Hall is a historic civic building at 100 South 6th Street in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It is a large four-story stone and concrete structure with modest Art Deco styling, designed by Fort Smith architects E. Chester Nelson, T. E. Bassham, and Carnall Wheeler[1] and built in 1937 with funding from the Public Works Administration. Its interior lobby and courthouse spaces are richly decorated, with marble walls, terrazzo marble flooring, and ornamental moldings around doorways.[2] The building continues to house county facilities; the city offices are now located on Garrison Avenue.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  2. Web site: NRHP nomination for Sebastian County Courthouse-Ft. Smith City Hall. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-04-09.