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Craighead County Courthouse (Jonesboro, Arkansas)

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Coordinates: 35°50′14″N 90°42′18″W / 35.83722°N 90.70500°W / 35.83722; -90.70500
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Craighead County Courthouse
Craighead County Courthouse (Jonesboro, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Craighead County Courthouse (Jonesboro, Arkansas)
Craighead County Courthouse (Jonesboro, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Craighead County Courthouse (Jonesboro, Arkansas)
Location511 Main St., Jonesboro, Arkansas
Coordinates35°50′14″N 90°42′18″W / 35.83722°N 90.70500°W / 35.83722; -90.70500
Arealess than one acre
Built1934 (1934)
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.98000831[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1998

The Craighead County Courthouse is located at 511 Main Street, in the center of Jonesboro, Arkansas, the county seat of Craighead County. It is a two story brick structure with limestone trim, built in 1934, and is the city's only significant example of Art Deco architecture. The building has a stepped appearance, with a large central block that has an oversized second story, and is flanked by smaller two-story wings, from which single-story sections project to the front and back. Vertical panels of fluted limestone accentuate corner projections from the main block, a motif repeated near the roof line of that block. The main entrance is recessed in an opening flanked by similarly fluted panels. The courthouse is the fifth of the county to stand on the site. Near the entrance to the courthouse stands a copy of John Paulding's World War I memorial, Over the Top, placed in 1920, and often confused with E. M. Viquesney's "Spirit of the American Doughboy".[2]

The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Craighead County Courthouse". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
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