Marion County Courthouse (Arkansas)

Marion County Courthouse
Location Courthouse Square, Yellville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°13′33″N 92°40′55″W / 36.22583°N 92.68194°WCoordinates: 36°13′33″N 92°40′55″W / 36.22583°N 92.68194°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1943
Architectural style Art Deco
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 94000471[1]
Added to NRHP May 19, 1994

The Marion County Courthouse is located at Courthouse Square in Yellville, the county seat of Marion County, Arkansas. It is a two-story stone and concrete structure, set on a raised basement. Its main (south-facing) elevation has a series of projecting sections, with the main rectangular block of the building behind. The first section is a Romanesque round-arched entry, flanked by square supports and topped by a small gable. This leads through a slightly smaller gable-roofed section to a wider section, which has prominent hexagonal turrets at either side, a surviving remnant of the previous courthouse. Most of the structure is finished in rusticated stone; there is a course of concrete at the cornice below the turrets, in which the "Marion County Courthouse" is incised. The building was constructed in 1943-44, after the 1906 courthouse was heavily damaged by fire.[2]

The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Marion County Courthouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-18.