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 Boone County Courthouse - Harrison, Arkansas Posted by:  iconions
N 36° 13.825 W 093° 06.479
15S E 490296 N 4009510
This two-story red brick building is located at 100 N Main in Harrison, Ar.
Waymark Code: WMWB09
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2017
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The Boone County Courthouse is a historic courthouse on Courthouse Square in Harrison, Arkansas. It is a two story brick structure, designed by noted Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson and built in 1907. It is Georgian Revival in style, with a hip roof above a course of dentil molding, and bands of cast stone that mark the floor levels of the building. It has a projecting gabled entry section, three bays wide, with brick pilasters separating the center entrance from the flanking windows. The gable end has a dentillated pediment, and has a bullseye window at the center.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
- Wikipedia Entry
Boone County Courthouse - Harrison, Ar.
The COUNTY COURTHOUSE, in the town square, is a two-story red-brick structure trimmed with white flagging.
- Arkansas : a guide to the state.,1941, pg.269
The first courthouse was built in 1870-1871, a little over one year after Boone County was formed from territory taken from the east side of Carroll County and a small strip on the west side of Marion County. The location of the first courthouse and the present one has remained the same through the years. On July 5, 1908, a fire destroyed the first courthouse. On October 10, 1908, a resolution was unanimously adopted providing for the early erection, upon the old site in the public square at Harrison, a fire-proof courthouse building, including all the modern conveniences of steam heat, water etc., and not to exceed $35,000. Active work on the new courthouse began on November 07, 1908 – some 38 years after the county began the construction of the former courthouse. In 1870, $15,000 was a lot of money – but $35,000 in 1908 was a staggering amount, and County Judge J.B. Curnutt and the Quorum Court made a decision that provided our county with a courthouse that has lasted for decades and will continue to do so for decades to come.
- Boone County Website Visit Instructions:
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