Marion County Courthouse - Yellville, Arkansas - Courthouses on Waymarking.com

The Marion County Courthouse is a two story, stone and concrete structure with a flat roof. The structure has symmetrical fenestration on all sides except the western facade. The structure has a full basement, one chimney for the heating of the structure and two prominent entrances on the northern and southern facades.

The Marion County Courthouse, constructed in 1943-44, is a stone and concrete structure constructed to replace a 1905 courthouse which burned on the same site in January of 1943. The structure is oriented with its primary entrance to the south and sits on a single city block surrounded by a small stone and concrete wall.

The southern facade of the structure is the primary entrance to the structure which is approached by a single set of concrete steps flanked with a stone supporting wall topped with concrete; there is also a concrete handicap accessible ramp on this elevation. A set of descending steps forms an entrance to the basement of the structure on the east side of the principle steps. This facade has symmetrical fenestration on all three levels and features two stone pilasters flanking the entrance. The primary entrance is a set of aluminum double doors with a full transom above. There is a stone belt course surrounding the structure which appears above the basement area of the building. The projecting central bay is flanked by the remnants of two towers of the 1905 structure; they are now three sided bays which extend toward the wings of the structure. This entire front portion of the structure is topped with a concrete parapet which has "MARION COUNTY COURTHOUSE" inscribed above the primary entrance.

The eastern facade has symmetrical fenestration on all three levels and has an entrance to the basement boiler room on the east side of the east wing. The eastern elevation has the protrusion of the east wing near the southern end of the elevation. On this wing is the only chimney, descending directly to the boiler room. The northern elevation has symmetrical fenestration on all three levels and a central aluminum double door entrance with full transom. This facade is also approached by a single set of concrete steps flanked on each side by a stone support wall with concrete top. This facade also has a descending set of steps just to the east of the entrance which serves as an entrance to the basement. The western facade has symmetrical fenestration on the lower two levels and two windows symmetrically placed on the north and south end of the northern section. The west facade has the protrusion of the west wing which has a single, central window on each side of the third level of the wing. The entire structure is topped with a flat roof. The primary window type is a double hung window with an eight-over-eight light arrangement.

The only variation of this window style occurs on the north section on the third level only. Here the only window type is a double hung window with a nine-over-nine light arrangement.